Two Corpus Christi Police marked Patrol cars were damaged in a vehicle crash at the intersection of Staples and Agnes when the two Officers ran into each other while they responded to a third Patrol Officer’s call for emergency backup.

No officer was injured, but two patrol cars were towed away with significant damage. The two Officers conducted an emergency run toward the 200 block of Caranchua at about 2:25am with their lights and sirens active in order to provide assistance to an officer on a traffic stop who requested emergency backup. The two officers collided in the intersection and no other person or other vehicle was damaged in the crash.

The crash will be reviewed by the city risk management group, the Police Traffic Safety section, and the Police Internal Affairs section.

The Officer who had called for emergency backup had conducted a traffic stop in which there were multiple occupants of the violator vehicle. The operator of the violator vehicle made furtive movements, and then jumped into the back seat of the vehicle. The operator of the violator vehicle, 20-year-old Christian Martinez (12/14/1992) refused to show the officer his hands and the officer feared the operator accessed a weapon and intended to attack the officer which prompted the call for emergency backup.

Other officers arrived and Martinez was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated. The 29-year-old passenger, Julia Elizondo (8/10/1983) was arrested for Public Intoxication. The red 2002 Dodge Ram Pickup was impounded. The officers discovered synthetic marijuana in the vehicle while the officers conducted a vehicle inventory. Elizondo and Martinez were then delivered to the city detention center.

Date: March 25, 2013, 2:25am

Location: Staples & Agnes http://goo.gl/maps/h09Sl

Offense: City vehicle crash

Case Number: C1302149 (connected to 1303250015)