{"id":253,"date":"2013-03-14T14:52:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T14:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dfwcounsel.com\/?p=253"},"modified":"2013-03-14T14:52:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T14:52:49","slug":"update-five-dead-in-motorcycle-accidents-in-fort-worth-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/update-five-dead-in-motorcycle-accidents-in-fort-worth-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Five Dead in Fort Worth Motorcycle Crashes This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five people have died in motorcycle wrecks in Fort Worth this week. \u00a0As I wrote yesterday, three people, including an off-duty Fort Worth firefighter, were killed in two separate motorcycle wrecks on Monday. \u00a0 Another person involved in one of Monday&#8217;s accidents later died at a local hospital. \u00a0On Tuesday, a motorcyclist was fatally injured in southeast Fort Worth. \u00a0Wednesday saw two more serious motorcycle accidents in Tarrant County. \u00a0The first occurred Wednesday evening in Haltom City, and the second happened Wednesday night in Fort Worth at northbound Interstate 35W at Northeast Loop 820. \u00a0The conditions of those involved in Wednesday&#8217;s accidents have not been disclosed by local authorities, though fortunately there have been no reported fatalities. \u00a0For more information on these accidents, click <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/2013\/03\/13\/4681299\/2-more-motorcycle-wrecks-reported.html#my-headlines-default\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With nice Spring weather upon us, more people will be riding their motorcycles on our local roads. \u00a0The spate of motorcycle accidents should remind all of us to practice defensive driving. \u00a0Motorcyclists should wear appropriate gear, including helmets, and avoid riding in potential blind spots. \u00a0 Car and truck drivers should always be on the lookout for motorcyclists, keep a safe distance from motorcycles, and\u00a0bear in mind that motorcycles can accelerate quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Author: Josh Borsellino<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five people have died in motorcycle wrecks in Fort Worth this week. \u00a0As I wrote yesterday, three people, including an off-duty Fort Worth firefighter, were killed in two separate motorcycle wrecks on Monday. \u00a0 Another person involved in one of Monday&#8217;s accidents later died at a local hospital. \u00a0On Tuesday, a motorcyclist was fatally injured&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3894],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfwcounsel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}