DATE: July 10, 2014 7:45 AM
LOCATION: 3800 Airline Road
OFFENSE: Fatal Crash
CASE # 1407100030
Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to a single vehicle crash in the 3800 block of Airline Road. A man who lives in the area, told officers that he heard a crash between 4:30 and 5:00 this morning. When he was leaving for work at about 7:45 AM he observed a black truck in the ditch and called police. Corpus Christi Police Traffic Investigators responded and the crash investigation revealed that a 27 year old male, was driving a 2000 Dodge truck south on Airline Rd. and failed to negotiate the turn toward Rodd Field Rd. The truck traveled straight through the closed section of Airline Rd. The truck then struck a plastic construction barricade and then skid into the ditch and rolled over ejecting the driver. There were no other vehicles involved and no sign of any other occupants.