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Reports say that according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, cell phone use played a role in 18 percent of all fatal distracted driving crashes. More than three-quarters of teens under 17 have cell phones, and almost 90% of those use texting. Moreover, more than half of those texters use the capability daily, the majority more than 50 texts a day.  Of those, more than a third admitted to texting while driving, reports say. And up to 40% of…

Sergio Banda Rodriguez, 28, was killed in December last year as he drove westbound on East Ben White Blvd approaching East Riverside Drive. The Red Chevrolet Silverado in which Rodriguez was driving crossed three lanes and struck the passenger side of a Red Saturn Vue. The Vue was stopped at a red light at the intersection of East Riverside Dr. and East Bent White Blvd. Rodriguez continued westbound striking a utility pole in the center median of Ben White Blvd….

Austin’s last auto fatality occurred ten days before the end of the year, reports say, making 2010 a year with less than average roadway deaths – good news for the state’s capitol. Still, it was unfortunate for the 38-year-old white female who was walking across the southbound lanes of IH 35 South, the year’s last traffic-accident victim. As she walked across the freeway for unspecified reason, a grey Toyota traveling southbound on IH 35 struck her. She was then struck…

A male victim, 27, whose identity is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, was killed at 1550 Dixie Farm Road about 2:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning late last month. Reports say the accident occurred when the driver of a Ford Explorer was traveling westbound on Dixie Farm Road when, while attempting to pass a Nissan Frontier, the Ford struck the pickup truck. The driver of the Explorer lost control of the vehicle, causing it to roll over and eject both…

The driver of a gold Toyota Highlander was southbound on State Highway 6 when the vehicle struck a pedestrian in a moving lane of traffic. The accident, which Houston police were continuing to investigate, occurred at 2100 State Highway 6 mid-November at about 5:25 a.m.  The identity of the male victim, 55, is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. Pouring over different information in an accident like this is always difficult, and assistance is not always easy…