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Bastrop · BastropThe parents of a deceased child filed a lawsuit against a concrete company and one of its truck drivers, who collided with a Hays CISD bus their child was on, according to a complaint filed in the Bastrop County District Court.See the Story
Parents of boy who died in Bastrop bus crash sue truck driver, his employer
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Matthew McConaughey · BastropHollywood star Matthew McConaughey and Glen Powell’s dad are good friends but the start of their friendship has a story of its own. Glen Powell, who was recently seen in ‘Anyone but You’, appeared on ‘The Tonight Show’, and revealed that his father, Glen Powell Sr., met McConaughey in a hilarious moment and the pair became best friends, reports ‘People’ magazine. After host Jimmy Fallon brought up that Powell is being inducted into the Austin Fi…See the Story
Glen Powell Says His Dad And Matthew McConaughey Had Hilarious Encounter
Bastrop · BastropJerry Hernandez has been charged with criminally negligent homicide. Hernandez admitted to smoking marijuana the night before the crash and consuming cocaine the morning of the incident. The crash resulted in the deaths of Ulises Rodriguez Montoya, a child on the school bus, and Ryan Wallace, the driver of a Hyundai Tucson.See the Story
Affidavit: Trucker charged in fatal Bastrop bus crash had history of failed drug tests
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Bastrop · BastropThe drowning happened around 4:00 p.m. Friday in the 1200 block of Willow Street. Authorities said the father had jumped into the water to rescue his son from possibly drowning. The son survived, but the father ended up dying, according to police.This is a developing story.See the Story
Man dies after rescuing son from drowning, Bastrop police say
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Bastrop · BastropJerry Hernandez, 42, allegedly admitted to drug use the night before and morning of the crash. Court documents revealed that Hernandez had used cocaine and that he was driving on just three hours of sleep the day his truck crashed into the bus. Video of the collision shows the driver of the school bus tried to avoid the crash by partially moving onto the shoulder before it was hit.See the Story
Truck driver charged with criminally negligent homicide in fatal Texas bus crash
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Bastrop · BastropMelissa served on the jury that convicted Rodney Reed of two counts of capital murder and sentenced him to death. The jury's decision sparked a 26-year battle in what has become one of the most actively contentious death penalty cases in the country. Today Reed remains on death row, without an execution date set, and maintains that he is innocent.See the Story
Many in Bastrop Moved on From the Rodney Reed Trial. One Juror Couldn’t.
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Bastrop · BastropWe begin tonight with new information on the deadly school bus crash in Bastrop on Friday that claimed two lives.We've now learned the name of the second personSee the Story
School districts reveal number of buses with seat belts and how they're addressing it
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