Texas Personal Injury

Jul 6, 2026

Union Pacific Train Strikes Semi-Truck at a Highway 80 Crossing in Midland County, Texas — Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice to Railroad Grade-Crossing Collisions Where a Freight Train Needs Over a Mile to Stop, We Pursue the Class I Railroads When Passive Crossings Lack Gates and Lights, We Extract the Train Event Recorder and Crossing Signal Logs Before the Overwrite Window Closes, FMCSA Grade-Crossing Rules and FRA Horn-Sounding Requirements, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Railroad Claims Machine Values and Denies, the Firm Has Recovered $2.5M+ in Truck-Crash Cases and $50M+ Total — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Train Hits Semi-Truck in Midland County: Railroad Crossing Liability and Your Legal Rights If you were behind the wheel of that truck on Highway 80 on the evening of September 23, 2024, or you were in the locomotive, or you were waiting at home for someone who was — you already know what it sounds like when a freight train connects with something that did not clear the rails in time. The Texas Department of Public Safety reported no injuries. Maybe that is true. Maybe it is not true yet. What we know for certain is this: the fact that the truck was on the tracks does not automatically make this the truck driver’s fault, and the railroad knows that even if nobody has told you. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm. We handle commercial truck accident cases across Texas, including the Permian Basin corridors where heavy truck traffic and active rail lines cross each other dozens of times in a single county. This page is not about a case we are on — it is about what the law actually says when a train hits a truck in Midland County, Texas, what evidence is already disappearing, and…

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Jul 6, 2026

Train-Truck Collision at a Midland Grade Crossing: 18-Wheeler High-Centered on Railroad Tracks in the Permian Basin Industrial Corridor — Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice to Rail-Crossing Cases, We Pursue the Railroad Operators and Trucking Companies Behind Grade-Crossing Collisions, We Demand the Train Event Recorder and Crossing Signal Logs Before the 30-Day Overwrite, FRA Standards Under 49 CFR and MUTCD Low-Clearance Warning Requirements, Texas Modified Comparative Negligence With the 51% Bar When the Railroad Blames the Driver, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider, the Firm Has Recovered $2.5M+ in Truck-Crash Cases — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Midland Train-Truck Collision: When a Union Pacific Freight Train Meets an 18-Wheeler Stuck on the Tracks You are standing beside Warehouse Road in Midland, watching what is left of your truck on the tracks. The train has stopped. The crossing is littered with debris — twisted metal, scattered cargo, the smell of brake dust and diesel. The police haven’t finished their report yet, and someone from the railroad is already on scene with a clipboard. Your driver is shaken but alive — he got out, he called 911, he did exactly what he was supposed to do. The railroad’s own people said so. And now the questions start: who pays for the truck, the cargo, the downtime? Who built a crossing that trapped an 18-wheeler on the tracks in the first place? And how long do you have before the evidence that answers those questions disappears? We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm. We handle 18-wheeler and commercial truck collision cases across Texas, including the Permian Basin freight corridors that run through Midland. This page is for the truck driver, the fleet owner, the family — anyone who was on either side of a train-truck collision at a grade…

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Jul 6, 2026

Oilfield Workover Rig Slices Tractor Trailer in Half at Highway 115 and FM 181 Near Andrews, Texas — Attorney911 Pursues the Rig Transport Operators and Oilfield Companies Behind Oversized-Load Collisions in the Permian Basin, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, We Pull the Oversize Permits, Escort Records, ELD and Dashcam Footage Before the Overwrite, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values and Denies These Cases, Texas Comparative-Fault Doctrine and the Oversized-Load Permitting Regime Under 49 CFR, the Firm Has Recovered $2.5M+ in Truck-Crash Cases and $50M+ Total Recovered — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Oilfield Workover Rig Slices Through Tractor Trailer in Andrews, Texas — What Happens Next If you are reading this because a workover rig tore through your tractor trailer on Highway 115 near FM 181 on the evening of January 13, 2025, you are standing in one of the most complex crash scenes in Texas — and the clock on your evidence has already started running. Andrews County sits in the heart of the Permian Basin, where oversized oilfield loads share narrow highways with freight traffic on roads that were never engineered for the volume or the weight they now carry. The footage shows your trailer cut clean in two, debris scattered across the roadway, the workover rig parked nearby. Initial reports say no one was hurt. That may not be the final word. What you do in the first 72 hours — what you say, what you sign, what you preserve — can decide whether this collision becomes a resolved property claim or a fight you lose because the proof disappeared before anyone asked for it. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC. We handle commercial truck and oilfield accident cases across Texas. Ralph Manginello has spent 27-plus…

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Jul 6, 2026

Train-Truck Collision at a Midland Railroad Crossing: When a Union Pacific Freight Train Strikes an 18-Wheeler Stuck on the Tracks at Industrial Avenue and Warehouse Road, Attorney911 Investigates Whether the Crossing Grade High-Centered the Trailer, We Pursue the Class I Railroad and the Road Authority Behind Dangerous Grade Design, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Railroad Claims Machine Values and Denies These Cases, We Pull the Locomotive Event Recorder, Signal Logs and Camera Footage Before the 30-Day Overwrite, FRA Crossing-Safety Regulations and Texas Comparative-Fault Doctrine, the Firm Has Recovered $2.5M+ in Truck-Crash Cases and $50M+ for Injury Victims — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

When a Train Hits a Truck Stuck on the Tracks in Midland — Who Is Really at Fault? If you found this page, you probably already know the sound. A freight train hitting a trailer is not a crash — it is an industrial event. The steel doesn’t crumple. It shreds. And when the dust settles, the first question everyone asks is the wrong one: “Why was the truck on the tracks?” The real question — the one that decides who pays — is: “Why did the tracks trap the truck?” We are Attorney911, The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC. We handle commercial-vehicle and catastrophic-injury cases across Texas, including the Permian Basin corridor where Union Pacific’s rail lines cut straight through the heaviest oilfield truck traffic in the country. This page is built from the inside of these cases — the federal regulations, the evidence that dies fastest, the insurance plays the railroad runs, and the crossing-design science that most attorneys never learn. It is written for the truck driver who climbed out of the cab before the train arrived, for the carrier staring at a destroyed trailer and a six-figure track-repair bill from Union Pacific, and for anyone who was…

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Jul 5, 2026

18-Wheeler Crash on E. Loop 338 at 87th Street in Odessa, Texas, Diesel Spill Shuts Both Southbound Lanes as Police Investigate the Crash, Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice to the Permian Basin Trucking Corridor, We Pursue the Operating Carrier, the Driver and the Lease-Back Shell Companies Common to Oilfield Logistics, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Sets Reserves and Denies These Cases, We Pull the ELD Hours-of-Service Logs and ECM Black-Box Data Before the 8-Day Overwrite, FMCSA Regulations Under 49 CFR 390-399 and the Texas Comparative-Fault Rule, $2.5M+ Truck-Crash Recovery — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

The Crash on Loop 338: What Happened and What It Means for You If you were on E. Loop 338 near 87th Street when the 18-wheeler crashed, or if someone you love was, you already know what the road looked like that day — the diesel running across the asphalt, the flashing lights, the southbound lanes gone. What you may not know is that while you were sitting in that traffic or standing on the shoulder, the trucking company’s response machine was already in motion. Within hours of a crash like this, carriers deploy their own investigators, their own insurance adjusters, and their own attorneys to the scene. They begin building the company’s version of what happened before the tow truck even arrives. That is not a coincidence. It is procedure. The Odessa Police Department has confirmed that a crash involving an 18-wheeler occurred at the intersection of E. Loop 338 and 87th Street, resulting in a diesel fuel spill that forced the closure of both southbound lanes for several hours. The public report does not yet identify the commercial carrier, the driver, any other vehicles involved, or whether injuries or fatalities occurred. The full Texas CR-3 crash report —…

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Jul 5, 2026

Fatal SH 349 Peterbilt Tractor-Trailer Collision Near Carrier-National Claims the Life of Luis Castaneda, 34: Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice to the Permian Basin Oilfield Corridor, We Pursue the Motor Carrier Behind the Rig and the At-Fault Commercial Driver, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values and Denies Fatal Trucking Cases, We Move to Preserve the ELD Records and ECM Black-Box Data Before the 8-Day Overwrite, a 3:45 a.m. Crash Time Raises Hours-of-Service and Driver-Fatigue Questions Under 49 CFR Part 395, Texas Wrongful Death Law and Modified Comparative Negligence Govern the Family’s Recovery Even Where the Defense Exploits a Lane Departure and Seatbelt Non-Use, the Firm Has Recovered $2.5M+ in Truck-Crash Cases and Millions in Wrongful-Death Matters — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

SH 349 Near Midland: What Happened at 3:45 AM — and What the First Report Does Not Tell You If you found this page because someone you love was killed on State Highway 349 just north of Midland, you are probably holding a phone in one hand and a preliminary news report in the other. The report says your loved one’s pickup crossed into the oncoming lane and collided with a tractor-trailer. It says the pickup driver was not wearing a seatbelt. And you think that means the case is over before it starts. It is not. The first report from a crash scene is a starting point, not a conclusion. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers work from skid marks, vehicle positions, and witness statements in the hours after a collision — and they write down what they see before the electronic data is pulled, before the truck’s hours-of-service logs are examined, and before anyone has asked the question that matters most in a 3:45 a.m. crash on a Permian Basin oilfield corridor: how long had that truck driver been awake, and how long had he been behind the wheel? We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC.…

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Jul 5, 2026

Fatal Semi-Truck Collision on Highway 349 in Martin County, Texas — Adrian Ortiz Cano, 43, of Midland, Killed When His Freightliner Struck a Turning Peterbilt Trailer and Caught Fire: Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice to the Permian Basin Oilfield Corridor, We Pursue the Carrier Behind the Turning Trailer, the Manufacturer Behind the Fuel-System Fire, and the Private-Road Owner Behind the Turnoff Design, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Uses a Preliminary DPS Report to Value and Deny Wrongful-Death Claims, We Extract the EDR Black-Box Data and Inspect the Trailer Conspicuity Tape and Rear Lighting Before the Overwrite, 49 CFR 390-399 Equipment and Financial-Responsibility Standards, Texas Wrongful-Death Act and the 51% Comparative-Fault Bar, the Firm Has Recovered $2.5M+ in Truck-Crash Cases and Millions in Wrongful-Death Cases — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Fatal Semi-Truck Collision on Highway 349 in Martin County, Texas — What the Family Needs to Know Now If you found this page, someone you love is gone. A truck driver — a husband, a father, a son, a man who went to work on Highway 349 on April 28, 2026, and did not come home — was killed when his Freightliner collided with the rear of a Peterbilt trailer that was turning onto a private road. The Freightliner caught fire. He was pronounced dead at the scene. You are reading this at a kitchen table or on a phone in a hallway at 2 a.m., and the Texas Department of Public Safety has already issued a preliminary report that says the driver who died “failed to control his speed.” We need you to hear something before anything else: that preliminary report is not the final word. It is an initial law-enforcement characterization, written in the first days after a crash from incomplete information, before the electronic data has been downloaded, before the trailers have been inspected, before the fire has been analyzed, and before any court has decided anything. The law does not let a DPS officer’s first impression…

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Jul 5, 2026

Semi-Truck Hits Train at Highway 80 and ECR 1130 in Midland, Texas — Commercial Vehicle Accident Attorneys: Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice to the Permian Basin’s Rural Grade Crossings Where Oilfield Truck Traffic Meets Passive Crossbuck Signage, We Pursue the Trucking Companies Behind FMCSA 49 CFR 392.10 Grade-Crossing Violations and the Railroad Operators Behind Unprotected Crossings, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider, We Extract ECM Black-Box Data, ELD Records and Locomotive Event Recorders Before the Overwrite Cycles Erase Them, $2.5M+ Recovered in Truck-Crash Cases — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Semi-Truck Hits Train on Highway 80 in Midland: What Happened, Who Is Responsible, and What You Need to Do Now If you or someone in your family was in that truck on April 1, 2026 — the one that hit the train at ECR 1130 and Highway 80 — you are reading this at a kitchen table or a hospital bedside, and you are probably being told that the injuries were “minor.” The Midland Fire Department had to cut that person out of the vehicle. The tracks were closed for most of the afternoon. A semi-truck does not collide with a train at a rural Permian Basin grade crossing and walk away clean, no matter what the first assessment said. We are writing this for you, and for anyone who finds themselves in a commercial-vehicle wreck like this one in Midland County, because the decisions you make in the next two weeks will decide whether the truth of what happened survives or disappears. Here is the first thing you need to hear: the scene-level “minor injuries” label is a preliminary triage word, not a medical conclusion. A person trapped in a commercial vehicle that struck a train with enough force…

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Jul 5, 2026

Fatal SH 349 Tractor-Trailer Collision & Wrongful Death in Midland County, Texas: Robert Harold Krauter Jr., 58, Killed When His Ford F-150 Struck the Rear of a Kenworth Slowing to Turn Into a Private Drive in Pre-Dawn Darkness, Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice to the Permian Basin Oilfield Corridor, We Pursue the Carriers and Oilfield Fleet Operators Behind the Contractor Shells, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values and Denies These Cases, We Extract the ELD, ECM Black-Box Data and Trailer Conspicuity Evidence Before the Overwrite, FMCSA Lighting and Signaling Standards Under 49 CFR 393, Texas Wrongful Death Act and Comparative-Fault Doctrine, the Firm Has Recovered $2.5M+ in Truck-Crash Cases and Millions in Wrongful-Death Cases — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

When DPS Says Your Loved One “Failed to Control Speed” — What That Really Means for Your Family If you are reading this because someone you love was killed on SH 349 on the morning of January 1, 2026, we want you to hear something first: the preliminary DPS report is not the final word. It is a roadside assessment, written in the hours after a collision, before the electronic data is downloaded, before the trailer is inspected, before the truck driver’s logs are examined, and before anyone has looked at whether a 19-year-old tractor-trailer was legally visible in pre-dawn darkness on a rural West Texas highway. “Failed to control speed” is the phrase the investigating officer wrote down at the scene. It is not a verdict. It is not even an accusation. It is a starting point — and in commercial trucking cases, the starting point is often where the real investigation begins. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC. We handle commercial trucking wrongful-death cases in Texas, and we are writing this for the family that just lost a 58-year-old man on a dark highway in Midland County and is now being told, in so many…

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Jul 5, 2026

Semi-Truck Collides with Train at East County Road 1130 and Highway 80 in Midland, Texas, Trapping One Person — Attorney911 Brings Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice to Permian Basin Commercial Truck and Railroad Grade-Crossing Accidents, We Pursue the Trucking Companies and Railroad Operators Behind Collisions Where Oilfield Traffic Meets Rural Rail Lines That Often Lack Active Warning Gates, FMCSA Rules Under 49 CFR Require Commercial Drivers to Stop and Yield at Grade Crossings, We Secure the Semi-Truck EDR Black-Box Data, Train Event Recorders, and Crossing Signal Logs Before the 30-Day Overwrite Cycles Erase Them, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values and Denies These Cases, Texas Modified Comparative Fault and the Stowers Doctrine, the Firm Has Recovered $2.5M+ in Truck-Crash Cases and $50M+ Total for Injury Victims — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911

Midland, Texas Semi-Truck Train Collision on Highway 80 — Your Legal Rights After a Commercial Truck Hits a Train at a Permian Basin Grade Crossing If you are reading this, someone you love was trapped inside a semi-truck that collided with a train at the intersection of East County Road 1130 and Highway 80 in Midland, and the Midland Fire Department had to cut them out of the wreckage. You may be sitting in a hospital waiting room. You may be at a kitchen table at 2 a.m. with a folder of medical paperwork that arrived faster than anyone should have to process it. You may be getting calls from an insurance adjuster who sounds friendly and is not. We are going to tell you everything we know about what happens now — the law that governs this collision, the evidence that is already disappearing, the money that may be available, and the moves the insurance company is already making while you are still trying to understand what happened. This is not a news recap. This is what a trial team that handles commercial trucking cases across Texas wants you to know in the first days after a truck-train collision…

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