Starting in September, the state of Texas increased the penalty for hit-and-run traffic accidents. Legislators felt that the old law created an incentive for a driver to leave the scene of an auto accident if he or she was intoxicated. The previous penalty for failure to render aid was a third-degree felony with a maximum […]
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A local man is accused of hitting a 17-year-old boy with his car, and then leaving the scene. The boy was walking home from CiCi’s Pizza in Ayers, where he works. The cause of the car accident was not disclosed. The driver is being held in jail. His bail was set at $1 million. The […]