{"id":3331,"date":"2021-08-04T14:49:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T19:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/?p=3331"},"modified":"2021-08-04T14:49:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T19:49:09","slug":"teenager-killed-in-texas-construction-zone-chain-reaction-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/teenager-killed-in-texas-construction-zone-chain-reaction-car-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager Killed in Texas Construction Zone Chain-Reaction Car Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-2.43.24-PM-1024x566.png\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-2.43.24-PM-1024x566.png\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-2.43.24-PM-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-2.43.24-PM-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-2.43.24-PM-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-2.43.24-PM-1536x849.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-2.43.24-PM-1000x553.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-2.43.24-PM-217x120.png 217w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-04-at-2.43.24-PM.png 1780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>Even attentive drivers can be caught off guard by an unexpected hazard on the road. One common type of unanticipated event is a car accident involving other vehicles on the road. Drivers naturally assume that everyone around them is driving safely and will not get involved in an accident. However, once an accident occurs, it puts everyone else on the road, and chain-reaction car accidents are quite common, especially on Texas highways.<\/p>\n<p>A chain-reaction car accident occurs when one accident sets in motion a series of events that leads to several other collisions. Recently, a 13-year-old boy was killed in a chain-reaction car accident in Bell County, TX. According to a recent news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwtx.com\/2021\/07\/21\/teenager-dies-five-others-seriously-hurt-7-vehicle-i-35-crash\/\">report<\/a>, the boy was a passenger in one of several cars involved in the collision.<\/p>\n<p>Evidently, a driver was heading northbound on I-35, approaching Shanklin Road, when they approached a construction zone. At this portion of I-35, the highway was restricted to one lane, resulting in a significant traffic back-up. The driver failed to notice that traffic was stopped due to the construction and crashed full-speed into the rear-most vehicle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/teenager-killed-in-texas-construction-zone-chain-reaction-car-accident\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Teenager Killed in Texas Construction Zone Chain-Reaction Car Accident\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even attentive drivers can be caught off guard by an unexpected hazard on the road. One common type of unanticipated event is a car accident involving other vehicles on the road. Drivers naturally assume that everyone around them is driving safely and will not get involved in an accident. 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