🚀 go-pugleaf

Somehow I think this is going to cost the Dallas taxpayers a boatload
of money.


On Sat, 17 May 2008 18:15:34 -0500, "Blakes7@tic.toc"
<Blakes7@tic.toc> wrote:

>Personal injury attorney Brian Loncar hurt in crash
>
>12:00 AM CDT on Saturday, May 17, 2008
>By TANYA EISERER / The Dallas Morning News 
>teiserer@dallasnews.com / The Dallas Morning News 
>Kimberly Durnan contributed to this report. 
>
>One of the state's most prominent personal injury attorneys was in
>critical condition Friday after being hurt when a fire engine struck
>his Bentley in Oak Lawn.
>
>Brian Loncar, whose Loncar Associates has offices across Texas, was
>injured shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Lemmon
>Avenue and Lomo Alto Drive. 
>
>Police say a fire truck with lights and sirens blaring passed through
>a red light at the intersection and slammed into the driver's side of
>Mr. Loncar's 2008 Bentley. 
>
>The force of the accident pushed his car through the intersection,
>spinning off the road and into a third vehicle carrying a woman and
>three children. 
>
>Firefighters and those in the third vehicle suffered minor injuries,
>but no one was transported to the hospital, police said. 
>
>Mr. Loncar, 47, was transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital.
>Hospital officials declined to discuss the nature or extent of his
>injuries and would not confirm whether he was at the hospital. Police
>said he was reported to be in critical condition.
>
>A woman answering Mr. Loncar's business phone said she didn't know
>enough about his condition to comment.
>
>Mr. Loncar's face is a familiar one around Texas, where he can often
>be seen saying in television ads, "When you're hurt in a car wreck,
>you need someone on your side." His commercials and his Web site
>advise people to call in the "Strong Arm" when a person has been
>injured "due to the negligence or misconduct of another person." 
>
>Dallas police Lt. Scott Bratcher said the accident remains under
>investigation. But he said it probably will be ruled Mr. Loncar's
>fault because he "failed to yield right of way to an emergency
>vehicle." 
>
>Dallas Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Sherrie Lopez said the fire engine
>contained 500 gallons of water and sustained damage to the right side.
>Ms. Lopez did not have an estimate of the damage but said the truck
>would have to be returned to the manufacturer for repair.
>
>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-loncar_17met.ART.South.Edition1.463ebef.html