The Houston Police Department maintains a public website of news releases to keep their citizens informed of crime and accident statistics and background information.
In the past week there has been a fatal automobile accident nearly every day in the greater Houston area! This tragedy is mind boggling and begs the question - what can be done
to decrease these numbers? Let us examine the police reports - perhaps this will help get to the bottom of this epidemic.
According to the reports:
The most recent fatal injury accident on 3/29, appears to be the result of drunk driving on the part of both drivers.
A female driver was killed on 3/27 after attempting to avoid a stalled vehicle on the highway in front of her.
On 3/26 a female was driving at a high rate of speed and lost control of her car. She was ejected after it struck a tree head on.
The day before that a child died as a result of a fatal hit and run accident.
These incidents have been catalogued and relayed on this blog for several reasons. First, it is to demonstrate the enormity of the problem of automobile accidents - in the city of Houston itself.
Imagine this story replayed again and again in municipalities across the country - it is breathtaking in terms of the loss of life and emotion trauma of survivors.
The second reason for sharing this information is to demonstrate how easily each of these deaths could have been prevented or at least start a discussion about possibilities.
Don't drink and drive. Don't speed. Don't take an automobile in need of repairs onto public roads. Don't run into the street without looking both ways. Simply put - think.
Greg Baumgartner is a Houston wrongful death lawyer, and founder of the Baumgartner law firm.
The firm handles car accident claims, truck and 18 wheeler accidents and other serious injury lawsuits
