One Dead, Two Injured in Overnight I-35 Crash in Waco

Texas Transportation Code 545.062 requires a driver to keep enough distance behind the vehicle ahead to stop safely, taking into account speed and road conditions. When a rear-end collision happens, a driver’s failure to keep a safe following distance can be evidence of negligence. Whether that applies here depends on what the investigation finds.

Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 33.001 sets out proportionate responsibility: a person who is more than 50 percent responsible for their own harm cannot recover damages, and otherwise recovery is reduced by their share of fault. In multi-vehicle crashes, fault can be divided among several drivers, so the facts matter. Families who lost a loved one may also have rights under the Texas wrongful death statute.