Vehicle accidents

[AP] Plane crashes in West Texas, 2 dead

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALBANY Authorities say two people have died in the West Texas crash of a small plane that disappeared on a flight to Oklahoma.Lynn Lunsford with the Federal Aviation Administration says the wreckage was found Tuesday morning and law enforcement...... Full story

Leora Jean Dyess, left, and Gilbert Melendrez Jr.

[CCA] N.M. jury convicts man in Halloween 2010 death

Former Odessan saved trick-or-treaters from being run over

BY STELLA DAVIS

CARLSBAD, N.M After only an hour of deliberation Monday, an Eddy County District Court jury found Gilbert Melendrez Jr. guilty of vehicular homicide and five other charges against him in the 2010 Halloween night death of Leora “Jean”...... Full story

DPS: Man killed in Monahans accident

ODESSA AMERICAN

WARD COUNTY A 20-year-old Monahans man died Saturday morning after his vehicle went through an intersection and crashed. A Department of Public Safety preliminary report by trooper Daniel Leyva stated 20-year-old Dusten Wayne Jones was driving his...... Full story

Midland plane crash

ODESSA AMERICAN

MIDLAND No one was injured following the crash of a private plane Sunday afternoon, but the number of people involved was unclear due to conflicting information. A preliminary crash report from the Department of Public Safety and a City of Midland...... Full story

Traffic accidents increase; injuries, deaths decrease in 2011

BY JOHN CORRALES

An increase of nearly 400 accidents seems due to an influx of new Odessans brought in by the oil boom, traffic engineers said.Data from City of Odessa Traffic Engineering shows that in 2011, traffic accidents rose to 2,245 from 1,860 in...... Full story

Man faces extradition in Australian traffic death

BY JON VANDERLAAN

MIDLAND A Midland man who is accused of killing another man in a 2007 accident has found himself in a West Texas courthouse after fleeing the charges out of New South Wales, Australia. John Perry Whittington is charged with "dangerous driving...... Full story

Two killed in fatal accident near Kermit

ODESSA AMERICAN

A 33-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman died after, an accident report states, their vehicles collided head-on two miles outside of Kermit. Oil field worker Enrique Mayers and restaurant manager Terri K. Schmidt, both of Kermit, were both...... Full story

Police: 5-year-old hit by bus, is OK

ODESSA AMERICAN

A 5-year-old girl was hit by a YMCA bus Friday afternoon in the 600 block of 36th Street, an OPD news release stated.The 5-year-old was walking on the sidewalk at around 3:14 p.m. when she darted out into the street and a YMCA bus eastbound on 36th...... Full story

Odessa Police and Odessa Fire and Rescue respond to a traffic accident Friday at Esmond Drive and E. 52nd Street.

One transported after accident

ODESSA AMERICAN

Odessa Police and Odessa Fire and Rescue respond to a traffic accident Friday at Esmond Drive and E. 52nd Street. The driver of the green Chevrolet truck, John Christmas, said he and the other driver collided as he was driving eastbound on East 52nd...... Full story

Odessa Police Department officers investigate a car accident involving a white Chevrolet Avalanche and a white Dodge Caliber Thursday night at the intersection of the eastbound service road of Highway 191 and East Loop 338.

Two-vehicle accident sends six to hospital

PHOTO BY ALBERT CESARE

Above, Odessa Police Department officers investigate a car accident involving a white Chevrolet Avalanche and a white Dodge Caliber Thursday night at the intersection of the eastbound service road of Highway 191 and East Loop 338. Officer Carey...... Full story

One dead in accident outside of Kermit

ODESSA AMERICAN

WINKLER COUNTY A 28-year-old man was dead following a head-on collision Wednesday evening just outside of Kermit.A Department of Public Safety report by trooper Alonzo Urquidi stated that a 1993 Ford F-350 driven by 24-year-old Timothy Garrett Lane...... Full story

[AP] Driver in accident that killed 3 arrested

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LUBBOCK A 26-year-old man has been indicted on intoxication manslaughter and aggravated assault counts in a crash that killed three men on a road next to the Texas Tech campus. The Lubbock County grand jury indicted Texas Tech University student...... Full story

[NR] Loop 338 project work to begin

Lanes to be resurfaced between Yukon Road and Highway 302

NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE Workers for Price Construction have placed perimeter traffic control devices in preparation for an upcoming construction job on West Loop 338.The $1.4 million project calls for the rehabilitation of all four lanes from Highway 302 to...... Full story

One dead after accident on Highway 191

ODESSA AMERICAN

MIDLAND A 36-year-old Midland man is dead after an accident Sunday evening on Highway 191 after, officials said, a vehicle collided with his scooter and then took off.Ronnie Tiller was transported to Midland Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead on...... Full story

A policeman examines a Suburban whose diabetic driver supposedly blacked out and veered into the oncoming lane of traffic, causing a four-vehicle wreck Friday at the intersection of 42nd Street and Golder Avenue. Four people were transported with non life-threatening injuries.

Friday’s three accidents send five to hospital

ODESSA AMERICAN

Five people were transported for medical treatment Friday, officials said, after three separate vehicle accidents occurred involving a total of seven cars.The five, one of whom reportedly blacked out behind the wheel, were transported in non-life...... Full story