Accident & Injury Law in Texas

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A man is facing a charge of failure to stop and render aid, a third-degree felony, after he hit a 6-year-old who was riding a bicycle in East. Austin
on Monday and left the scene, according to an arrest affidavit issued Wednesday.

About 5:30 p.m. Monday, Charles Fredrick Hamrick, 35, was driving a gray BMW near Adalee and Vernon avenues when he struck the bike, knocking the child to the ground, the affidavit said. His vehicle then jumped a curb and hit a mailbox before Hamrick left the scene, the affidavit said. The child was treated at the scene by emergency personnel and suffered minor injuries, cuts and scrapes, the affidavit said.

Police found a license plate at the scene of the wreck, and were able to track Hamrick to a Northwest Austin, address, the affidavit said. In an interview with police, Hamrick admitted he hit the child and left the scene, the affidavit said. Jail records show Hamrick had been booked into the Travis County Jail with bail set at $60,000.

Officials are asking the public for information on a fatal hit-and-run early Sunday near Elgin.

An unknown vehicle was traveling south on Old McDade Road when it struck 25-year-old Juvencio Martir, who was walking south on the street, near Natures Way. Martir was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin, where he died.

State troopers are asking anyone with information to call 512-424-7391.

Police are seeking witnesses and information about a driver who fled after’ hitting a bicycle pedicab early Nov. 15 in the 500 block of West Fifth Street.

The operator of the pedicab and two passengers suffered injuries that were not life-threatening but required hospitalization at University Medical Center Brackenridge. The pedicab was eastbound on West Fifth when it was struck from behind by a white, early-1990s model Ford Bronco, according to police. The three victims were, thrown from the pedicab, and the driver of the Bronco fled south on Guadalupe Street, police said.

Anyone with information that would aid in the investigation of the collision is asked to call the Vehicular Homicide Unit at 974-5520.

Austin police have charged David Delacerda, 30, who is accused of hitting a construction worker last week and leaving the scene, according to an arrest affidavit.  The worker died.

Delacerda was arrested after he was released from Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.

The wreck happened about 1:30 a.m. in the 11400 block of southbound I-35, police said.  Police said a dark-color sport utility vehicle ran through a marked construction zone near Onion Creek Parkway and hit the worker, identified as Fontino Cortes-Cruz, 36.

Cortes-Cruz was part of a crew that was repaving the interstate and had been laying reflective tabs on the highway when he was hit, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.

Hays County sheriff’s deputies found a burned SUV outside of Kyle about 4 a.m. Austin police said, and shortly afterward, police received a call from South Austin Hospital taht a man with burns on his body had checked into the hospital.

Delacerda, who was released from the burn center on Friday, is charged with felony failure to stop and render aid, which carries a maximum of 10 years in prison upon conviction.

He is in Bexar County Jail with bail set at $100,000.

A construction worker was killed in a crash on southbound Interstate 35 about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Police said a dark-colored SUV ran through a clearly marked construction zone and hit Fontino Cortes-Cruz, 36, in the 11400 block of 1-35 near Onion Creek Parkway. The driver fled; nobody else was injured, police said.
The SUV drove south after the crash, and Austin police notified Hays County officials to be on the lookout for the vehicle, Austin police Sgt. Richard Stresing said. Hays County sheriff’s deputies found a burned dark-colored SUV outside of Kyle about 4 a.m., Stresing said, and shortly afterward, police received a call from South Austin Hospital that a man with burns on his body had checked into the hospital.
Police are interviewing him as a person of interest in the crash, Stresing said.
Cortes-Cruz was part of a crew that was repaving the interstate, said Marcus Cooper, spokesman for the Texas Department of Transportation. He had been laying reflective tabs on the highway when he was hit, Cooper said.

Round Rock police are asking for the public’s help in finding the driver of a car that hit and fatally wounded a motorcyclist last week.

The wreck occurred on September 25 at about 9:45 p.m. when the driver of a white Chevrolet Impala failed to yield the right of way while turning left in the 1700 block of North Mays Street.  Victor Luna was riding a Harley-Davidson, which hit the car’s right rear side when the car crossed his lane.  Mr. Luna, who was not wearing a helmet, was tossed over the car and landed on his head.  He was taken to University Medical Center at Brackenridge in Austin and died Sunday from his injuries.

Witnesses said that somehow the motorcycle ended up stuck to the front of the car, causing the driver of the Impala to swerve erratically to release it. The driver, who faces manslaughter charges, then took off down Boman Road at a high rate of speed.

The police are asking the public to consider whether such a vehicle may be known to them to frequent a particular area, but has been absent since Thursday’s incident; possibly garaged, covered, or otherwise concealed.

Anybody with information is asked to call the Round Rock Police Department at (512) 218-5500.