They say that Justice is blind. But Texas accident attorneys know that responsible Texas citizens with good eyes and/or good instincts can always help her to find her way clear.
A recent story from Austin, TX reports that a suspect has been named and a warrant issued for the driver allegedly behind a fatal hit and run accident that killed a student pedestrian. The identification of the suspect may rely in part on the quick reactions of accident witnesses. They reportedly had followed the erratically driven vehicle both before and after the fatal hit and run accident and took down the license plate number of the vehicle.
A wreath stands near the spot at southbound I-35 where Adam Conrad Grote, 22, tragically suffered fatal injuries when an erratically driven vehicle swerved off the shoulder of the highway and struck him as he walked on Sunday. Concerned witnesses had already been following the vehicle as it swerved along I-35. One of them followed the vehicle after the accident and took down the license plate number.
Adam Conrad Grote, a student of U.T.’s School of Architecture, had been prepared to graduate in Spring. Police questioned Jose Genaro Bernal, 21, this week regarding the fatal hit and run accident. An affidavit reveals that Jose Genaro Bernal acknowledged involvement in a wreck near the site of Mr. Grote’s death. Apparently, he also showed police the vehicle he had been driving at the time.
Authorities did not take Jose Genaro Bernal into custody. But they have issued a warrant for his arrest. The grieving family and friends of Adam Conrad Grote may no longer look eagerly for his Spring graduation. But they might at least have some chance at justice and closure because of the quick thinking and careful action of the concerned witnesses who helped lead police to the suspect behind this tragic and fatal hit and run accident.