Police across North Texas are working to track down and arrest impaired drivers over the Labor Day holiday weekend.
“Charles lost his life because a coward got behind the wheel of a car,” said his mother, Shenica Trammell, at a vigil.
Charles Trammell had stopped to help classmates change a flat tire Saturday night when a suspected drunk driver hit him, knocking Trammell from an overpass, Fort Worth police said. “Wake up, slow down, pay attention. It's happening so frequently that if it hasn't happened to someone in your direct family or network of friends, it's going to,” Reeves said.
And with an increase in those instances each Labor Day weekend, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationLast Labor Day weekend, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported that troopers issued more than 52,000 tickets and warnings and made 222 DWI arrests.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Texas’ housing market shows signs of cooling down after the pandemic drove it to new heightsTexas had more houses on the market in July than any time since late 2020 as home sales declined in the state’s major metros. Sellers have had to cut prices to entice buyers.
Read more »
Sam Houston has No. 6 Texas A&M’s attentionSam Houston, with only one loss in the last two years, is hardly a typical underdog No. 6...
Read more »
Texas education board may delay social studies curriculum updates“This is essentially a motion that’s saying we’re giving up,” said education board member Rebecca Bell-Metereau, a Democrat. Story by TexasTribune.
Read more »
Texas sends buses of migrants to Chicago for first time, dropped off at train stationTexas officials sent buses carrying migrants to Chicago on Wednesday night, both arrived around 7:30 p.m., adding to Democrat cities selected for drop-off locations.
Read more »
Texas sends bus of migrants to Chicago, mayor calls program 'racist'80 to 100 people arrived at Chicago's Union Station as a part of Gov. Greg Abbott's program busing migrants who illegally crossed the southern border to cities run by Democrats.
Read more »