Automobile Accidents

• Car Collides With Big Rig Along I-35

  Chrissie Cole | March 26, 2009 3:11 AM | 0 CommentsWaco, TX

  Southbound Interstate was closed for six hours after a pickup truck and 18-wheeler collided on, just after 2:00 a.m. The truck accident happened between mile markers 336 – 337, when a Ford...

• Waco Man Struck By Car In Wal-Mart Parking Lot

  Chrissie Cole | September 15, 2009 3:37 PM | 0 CommentsWaco, TX

  A man was taken to a local hospital yesterday after he was struck in a crosswalk in the parking lot of the Hewitt Wal-Mart store. The accident happened Monday afternoon after 3:00 p.m. The...

• IIHS: Headrests Not Providing Adequate Protection

  Craig Cherry | April 06, 2007 8:46 AM | 0 CommentsWaco, TX

  Crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) show headrests in many vehicles on the road today are not providing adequate protection to drivers and passengers. Out of seventy-five (75) seat head-restraint designs that were tested by the IIHS, only twenty-two (22) rated as good.The remaining fifty-three (53) designs rated marginal or poor. According to the results...

• Ford Recalls Police Cars With Defective Wheels

  Craig Cherry | March 14, 2007 9:03 PM | 0 CommentsWaco, TX

  Ford Motor Company is in the process of recalling nearly 110,000 Crown Victoria police cruisers as a result of a wheel defect. The wheel defect can cause a rapid loss of tire pressure during high-speed pursuits due to cracks developing in the steel wheels.The recall affects only certain 2003-2005 year model Crown Victorias. According to Ford, the wheel defect has been linked to at least two...

• Chrysler Recalls Nearly 500,000 Vehicles

  Craig Cherry | March 10, 2007 7:23 AM | 0 CommentsWaco, TX

  Yesterday, Chrysler recalled nearly a half-million vehicles for a variety of reasons. After receiving over sixty reports of fires in 2004-2006 Dodge Durango SUVs, the SUVs are being recalled due to electrical overloads that are repeatedly occurring in the driver's side instrument panel below the dashboard.The recall will involve more than 328,000 Dodge Durango SUVs. Chrysler is also recalling...

• 81,000 Honda Accords Recalled by NHTSA

  Christina Cole | January 17, 2007 10:46 PM | 0 CommentsWaco, TX

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has ordered a recall on 81,000 - 2004 and 2005 model year Honda Accords due to an unsafe driver's side airbag seat positioning sensor.The seat positioning sensor detects the drivers seating position and adjusts the airbag pressure. On some of the Honda's wiring harnesses, the sensor was attached to the seat frame in the wrong location...