Teen hit by METRO bus loses leg, still critical

  Crystal KobzaHOUSTON (KTRK) -- Nearly two weeks after a teenager was hit by a METRO bus while crossing Bellaire Boulevard, she remains in critical condition.

Charmaine James, an 18-year-old Hasting High School student, is only in the beginning stages of recovery after being hit by a METRO bus on October 1.

We spoke to her mother -- Chandre Rogers, a METRO bus driver herself -- on Sunday about her recovery and the road she has ahead.

The accident caused severe damage to Charmaine's right leg.

"They amputated her right foot and then yesterday they had to go above her knee," Rogers explained.

Rogers said her daughter and a friend made it across the first set of lanes on Bellaire and into the median. Her daughter then attempted to make it all the way across, she said, but she was hit by the bus.

"Her friend told me that she was knocked like 15 feet," Rogers said.

Rogers said she works out of the same West bus operating facility, but does not know the driver who struck her daughter.

She added that her co-workers have been helping her through this difficult time.

'I have a friend of mine, Ms. Vanessa. She has been here with me from day one," Roger said. "The first night, my superintendent from our garage, they were there."

As for Charmaine, her mother tells us she has been heavily sedated since the accident. The only thing her daughter has said that she was able to understand was when she tried to ask what happened.

'I put God first and I know He is going to take care of my baby," Rogers said. "She is still in critical condition, but I have faith in God that she is going to pull through this."

Rogers says her daughter is an aspiring biology teacher and she will be there every step of the way as this long journey of healing begins.

The investigation into the accident is still underway. METRO police say the driver of the bus, 61-year-old Otis Stewart, is not working at this time.

So far, no citations have been issued.

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Motorcyclist in critical condition after hitting car

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A motorcyclist slammed into the back of a car on the North Freeway feeder near Cypress Creek last night.

The accident happened around 9pm. The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Two small children in the car received minor cuts in the accident.

Authorities say the motorcyclist had borrowed the bike from a friend and was an inexperienced driver. They believe he was speeding when he hit the car. He was not wearing a helmet.

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Liberty Co. deputy constable critical after accident

  LIBERTY COUNTY, TX (KTRK) -- A Liberty County deputy constable is in extremely critical condition after a wreck Tuesday afternoon.

The Liberty County Sheriff's Office says the Precinct 2 deputy constable was transported via LifeFlight to Memorial Hermann Hospital and was "unconscious and unresponsive." People in the other vehicle were being treated for their injuries as well.

LCSO says the deputy constable pulled into the path of an oncoming vehicle on Highway 90 about a mile west of Devers and his vehicle was T-boned on the driver's side.

The injured deputy constable has been identified as 43-year-old Duwayne Marcolesco. He is a resident of Daisetta.

We worked on this story with one of our Houston Community Newspaper partners, The Cleveland Advocate.

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Suspected drunk driver in critical condition

  CONROE, TX (KTRK) -- A suspected drunken driver Sunday morning hit a row of mailboxes and a fence before slamming into a utility pole near Conroe this morning.

According to investigators, a man was driving south on F.M. 1314 when he went off the road to the left and hit the mailboxes, then drove through a ditch and the sign for a church.

Officials said he then crossed another road, hit a fence, and then struck a utility pole.

A fence post became lodged in his chest and he was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

A passenger in his car suffered only minor injuries, officials said.

The accident knocked out power to several homes. State troopers say alcohol was a factor in the crash.

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