Houston, TX —A Houston millionaire has adopted his adult girlfriend and set up a trust for her in order to keep some of his money safe.  John Goodman is facing criminal and civil charges because of a DUI accident in Florida that killed a man.  Two years ago, Goodman ran a stop sign when he was drunk and crashed into Scott Patrick Wilson’s Hyundai Sonata.  The Hyundai was pushed into a canal and Wilson was killed.  Wilson had just graduated from college.  The Wilson family is suing Goodman.  Goodman is …

San Diego, CA — A 29-year-old woman was arrested Friday at her parents Rancho Penasquitos home.  She was involved in a traffic accident that resulted in the death of a young woman and the California Highway Patrol decided the crash was her fault. Jorene Nicolas, the suspected distracted driver, denies that she was texting at the time of the accident.  The crash occurred last April and killed Deanna Mauer of Orange County.  Nicolas claims to have a clean driving  and criminal record.  She is a respiratory therapist and has …

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Houston, TX —An intoxicated driver who struck and killed a bicyclist and then fled the scene was arrested in his home on Monday night.  Jerad Thomas was driving a friend’s cargo van when he hit a 53-year-old man who was riding his bike southbound on Jones Road near Fallbrook.  The bicyclist was taken to the hospital where he died a short time later.  Police were able to track the owner of the van because the license plate fell off at the scene.  The owner of the van had loaned the …

Greensburg, PA —A Pennsylvania woman will possibly do prison time for serving beer to teens at her son’s high school graduation party.  Three of the teens who were at the party were killed in a DUI car crash after leaving the party.  Susan Sanders-Watt, 60, pleaded guilty to four counts of corruption of minors and reckless endangerment and 17 citations of serving alcohol to minors. Her sentencing will occur in about three months. The incident occurred on June 26, 2010.  Michael Simpson, 19, the driver of the car, and two …

San Diego, CA –  A post office vehicle hit a pedestrian on Monday sending him to the hospital.  The driver of the post office truck was traveling westbound on Gramercy Drive at the Sandrock Road intersection about 3:45 p.m.  The driver said that a pickup truck turned into a driveway ahead of him and blocked his vision.  The driver did not see the 58-year-old pedestrian who was not in a crosswalk.  The man was taken to the hospital and was treated for a broken leg, bleeding in the brain and …

Houston, TX-– An alleged drunk driver struck and killed a man driving a mobility scooter with a one year-old boy on his lap.  Clifford Johnson, 56, had his girlfriend’s son with him as he was riding on the sidewalk north on West Montgomery at Ferguson Way.  He was hit by the SUV that Wilmer Farley III was driving when he moved into a traffic lane to avoid some water.  The SUV struck the scooter throwing Johnson about 20 feet.  Johnson held onto the child and kept him from being injured.  …

New Orleans — A forty car pile-up caused two people to die and injured over 25 on a stretch of the I-10 near New Orleans. Tractor-trailers collided, vans were smashed underneath them, and cars were split in half.  The chain-reaction crash was thought to have been caused by fog which has blanketed the region on recent mornings. A tow truck driver who was on the scene right after the incident, said you could not see 10 feet in front of you the fog was so thick.  The accidents occurred about …

Texas –Teenagers in a speeding pickup lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a Parker County home early Thursday morning.  The accident occurred near Hide Away Lane and Midway Road just after midnight.  Two of the teenagers in the truck were killed and two others were seriously injured in the accident.  Joshua Brown, 18, the driver of the pickup was found dead in the vehicle.  Alex Christian died in the front yard of the home, possibly thrown from the truck.  Halson McCue, 15, and Madelyn Mitchell, 13, were taken …

Lake Forest, CA — A bicyclist was killed when he was hit by a hit-and-run driver along Serrano Road on Tuesday night.  The 47-year-old man was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.  Witnesses saw a white van leaving the area of the crash and authorities are looking for its driver.  The accident occurred about 10:10 p.m. near Serrano Road and Ridge Route.  Riding a bicycle at night is dangerous due to traffic and poor visibility.  Avoid injury and accidents by being visible and wearing proper safety …