A fatal accident recently occurred in Wood County. Texas authorities have deduced from the preliminary investigation that a semi truck crossed the center line, causing a head-on collision with another vehicle and killing the driver of the smaller vehicle. The semi-truck accident remains under investigation.
Spinal Cord Injuries Archives
Texas oil worker loses benefits related to back injuries
When oil workers here in Texas are injured on the job, they are often entitled to workers' compensation benefits. Injures related to this line of work have the potential to be incapacitating and workers may have to rely on these benefits for income over a long period of time -- sometimes for the rest of their lives. A man who suffered back injuries related to his former job with an oil refinery had his medical benefits suspended after he'd been relying on them for over twenty years.
