Date: Thursday, February 29, 2024
Time: 12:38am
Location: 5000 block of S. Staples Street
Offense: Accident Involving Injury or Death
Case number: 2402290003

On Thursday, February 29, 2024, at 12:38am, officers were dispatched to the intersection of S. Staples Street and S. Padre Island Drive access road in reference to a major traffic accident with injuries (hit and run).

Officers arrived and located a 32-year-old female victim who was observed by witnesses driving a moped on the 5000 block of S. Staples Street. As she drove under the overpass, she was struck from behind by a tan passenger car, ejecting her from the moped. The unknown driver of the passenger car fled the scene.

Officers located the passenger car, abandoned, in the 5400 block of S. Staples.

The female victim was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Detectives with the Traffic Section began their investigation and were able to identify the driver of the hit and run vehicle. Detectives secured a warrant for 29-year-old Ryan Aguilar for Accident Involving Injury or Death, bond $50,000.

On Thursday, February 29, 2024, at 6:48pm, Officers with the Corpus Christi Gang Unit located and arrested Aguilar on the 5400 block of Saratoga Blvd. Aguilar was transported to the City Detention Center for booking.