When our Texas truck collision attorneys reported the sadly fatal wreck of a car into a tanker truck in SE Travis County, we were troubled by our inability to find solid information on the web regarding charges against the reckless BMW driver that caused the fatal tanker truck crash.
A news story published by the Austin American Statesman late Thursday night reveals that 24-year-old Hernan Garcia-Segura, the driver of the 1998 BMW that crashed into the tanker truck, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide and aggravated assault. Texas troopers said that Garcia disregarded a stop sign just prior to wrecking into the tanker truck at the intersection.
Garcia’s reckless crash crushed his own car, trapping his own mother inside, and caused the tanker truck to explode and burn, which killed the truck driver, 41-year-old Dedrick Brooks of San Antonio. Garcia’s mother suffered a broken pelvis and head trauma.
Our Texas truck collision attorneys were gratified to hear of the strong charges against Garcia, apparently a driver with heedless disregard for others’ safety, even that of his own mother. Authorities were holding Garcia in the Travis County Jail and bail had not been set. Bail might not be appropriate in this case.
The tragic results of this collision to the Brooks’ family demonstrate very clearly the hideous toll that reckless driving can take on the lives of innocent victims. To learn more about what you can do when you and your family have been affected by the reckless behavior of a heedless driver, download our Texas truck accident attorneys’ free book on the steps you need to take following a serious accident.
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