Category Archives: Traffic Safety Division

Charlie District, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Police Work Traffic Crash With Fatal Injury On Weber Road

Date: Saturday, May 14, 2016, 01:27
Location: 5800 Weber Road
Event: Vehicle Crash With Fatal Injury
Case Number: 1605140017

Corpus Christi Police worked the year’s 9th vehicle crash with fatal injury overnight on the 5800 block of Weber Road.

Corpus Christi Police responded to the 5800 block of Weber Road for a major vehicle crash.  Investigation revealed that a 42-year-old man drove his Mercury Grand Marquis northbound on Weber.  Witnesses told Officers that the Marquis collided with the backside of a truck just north of Caravelle Parkway.  Witnesses told Officers the Grand Marquis veered to the left and struck a telephone pole on the HEB side.  Witnesses told Officers the truck stopped, then fled the area without providing any information. The 42-year-old man was pronounced deceased at the scene.  Several witnesses were interviewed.  Officers are not certain if the 42-year-old man had a passenger who fled the scene.

The Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section responded to the scene and used laser mapping to construct a scale diagram of the crash.  AEP responded and braced the pole.

The Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section are searching for the truck and do not know why it left the area. Anyone with any additional information about this crash should call the Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section at 886-2600 during business hours and make the information available to investigators. Information may be provided to investigators at any time through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or online at http://www.888TIPS.com.

Charlie District, Traffic Safety Division

Traffic Investigators Make Arrest In Fatal Crash

Date: Sunday, August 16, 2015        2:29 AM
Location: 3900 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Intoxicated Manslaughter
Case Number: 1508160028
Corpus Christi Police Traffic Investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Rosendo Gilbert Hernandez Jr. (11/07/1975) for Intoxication Manslaughter yesterday related to a fatal crash back on August 16.

Just before 5 PM yesterday, Officers located him at his home in the 5800 block of Woodhaven. The arrest warrant has a bond amount of $75,000.

Traffic Investigators believe Mr. Hernandez was intoxicated while driving a Toyota passenger car east on State Highway 358, when he exited and struck a sign at Weber Road and then hit a cement piling under the freeway at the turnaround.

The driver of the Toyota also struck the rear of a Nissan passenger car that was on the freeway access road. A 37 year old female driver of the Nissan was not seriously injured, however, the 41 year old passenger in Mr. Hernandez vehicle was killed.

Officers believe alcohol was a contributing factor in this fatal crash.  The driver was not arrested at the time because he suffered serious injuries himself that left him hospitalized.

Community Outreach, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Phlebotomist On Duty During Holidays

The Christmas and New Years Day holidays often lead to an increase in the number of Driving While Intoxicated arrests made by the Corpus Christi Police Department. We want everyone to enjoy this holiday season. We ask that you act responsibly by not drinking and driving in our city. All drivers should avoid the risk of arrest, incarceration or tragedy that is associated with driving while intoxicated.

In an effort to assist law enforcement agencies in the investigation of suspected intoxicated drivers, the Nueces County District Attorney’s Office will provide a trained phlebotomist at the City of Corpus Christi Detention Center from 10 PM to 4 AM on Friday and Saturday, December 25 and 26 during Christmas.

Next week during New Year’s Eve and Day, the phlebotomist will be on duty on Thursday, Friday and Saturday,  December 31, January 1 and 2nd from 10 PM until 4 AM.

The Corpus Christi Police Department remains a “no refusal” agency all of the time. However during this holiday period, when a trained phlebotomist is at the CDC, our officers will not have to take suspects to the hospital in order to get a blood sample. This will make the DWI investigation more efficient and will get our officers back on the street much quicker.

Adam District, Community Outreach, Traffic Safety Division

SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES!

SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES, HERE IS PROOF !

A 49 year old female was driving a 2015 Toyota Tundra truck north on Interstate Highway 37 just past Rand Morgan Rd. yesterday about 3:40 PM. The driver lost control of her vehicle and drove off the roadway, down the embankment, struck the center support pole of a highway sign, continued through a concrete culvert, jumped the access road, landed on a bridge guard rail, and then rolled down an embankment and into Turkey Creek. The truck came to rest on the driver side well off the roadway. The driver was taken to the hospital with injuries not believed to be life threatening thanks to her seatbelt.

 

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Truck coming to rest on its side down an embankment along IH37

 

 

 

 

Community Outreach, Traffic Safety Division

First Friday Fun Fact

The Corpus Christi Police Department has a campaign called “First Friday Fun Fact” that will focus on different Texas traffic laws.  It will run on the first Friday of each month. Here is this month’s traffic fact.

 

Advisory speeds

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What is the speed limit on the curve marked by the sign at the left?  Most people would say 25 MPH, but the answer is that we don’t have enough information to know what the speed limit is here.  The “25 MPH” sign here is a speed advisory sign only, not a speed limit sign.  Speed advisory signs indicate the recommended speed for a particular upcoming hazard like a turn or a curve in the roadway, but they are not a legal speed limit.  Enforceable speed limits are marked by the familiar black and white SPEED LIMIT signs.  So, the speed limit for this curve would be whatever the last black and white

 

*Thanks to the Texas Highway Man

http://www.texashighwayman.com/laws.shtml

Community Outreach, Traffic Safety Division

First Friday Fun Fact

The Corpus Christi Police Department has a campaign called “First Friday Fun Fact” that will focus on different Texas traffic laws.  It will run on the first Friday of each month. Here is this month’s traffic fact.

Driving with parking lights only
 

§547.302 – DUTY TO DISPLAY LIGHTS

(a) A vehicle shall display each lighted lamp and illuminating device required by this chapter to be on the vehicle:

(1) at nighttime; and

(2) when light is insufficient or atmospheric conditions are unfavorable so that a person or vehicle on the highway is not clearly discernible at a distance of 1,000 feet ahead.

Often you see people driving around in the dark or in bad weather with just their parking lights on.  There’s a reason they’re called parking lights.  The law requires you to use all your lights (including headlights) at nighttime, which is defined as being one half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise, as well as anytime when you cannot see clearly for 1,000 feet, which essentially covers all inclement weather as well as dusk and dawn.  Therefore, you should never be driving with just your parking lights on.  If you’re in a situation where you need to have any lights on at all, then you must use your headlights.

Some people will say that they don’t want to use their headlights during bad weather or at dusk because there’s enough ambient light for them to see and their headlights won’t be illuminating anything.  However, headlights are not only for lighting-up the road ahead, but they also make you more visible to other drivers.  So whenever visibility is reduced, you should use your headlights, if not to help you see but to help others see you.

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Vehicle with parking lights on

 

*Thanks to the Texas Highway Man

http://www.texashighwayman.com/laws.shtml
Community Outreach, Delta District, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Dia De Los Muertos Event Brings Extra Officers To Downtown

The Corpus Christi Police Department will have extra police officers at this evenings Dia De Los Muertos event in downtown Corpus Christi.

The overtime assignment will bring seventeen additional officers to the area of the event starting today at 3 PM.

In addition to the twelve officers and a supervisor on duty on the festival site, four other Officers will be assigned to cross pedestrians at crosswalks along Water Street.

Community Outreach, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Phlebotomist On Duty This Halloween

Halloween often leads to an increase in the number of Driving While Intoxicated arrests made by the Corpus Christi Police Department. We want everyone to enjoy this scary weekend and ask that you act responsibly by not drinking and driving in our city. All drivers should avoid the risk of arrest, incarceration or tragedy that is associated with driving while intoxicated.

In an effort to assist law enforcement agencies in the investigation of suspected intoxicated drivers, the Nueces County District Attorney’s Office will provide a trained phlebotomist at the City of Corpus Christi Detention Center to take your blood. The Dracula like technician will work from 10pm to 4am on Friday and Saturday nights, October 30th and 31st.

It should be noted that “No Refusals” and having a phlebotomist at the detention center began on Halloween night in 2008. Congratulations to seven years of a successful program in the fight to keep drunk drivers off our city streets.

Community Outreach, Traffic Safety Division

Investigators Release Image of Vehicle Believed Involved in Saturday’s Fatal Hit & Run

Date: Saturday, October 10, 2015, 21:06
Location: 7500 South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Hit & Run with Fatal Injury
Case Number: 1510110004

Corpus Christi Police Crash Investigators have released video they obtained today which show a vehicle Investigators believe was involved in the Hit & Run crash Saturday night on the 7500 block of South Padre Island Drive which left a 21-year-old woman dead.

Investigators have the cooperation of nearby businesses to gain access to video surveillance in the area of the hit & run crash. Investigators obtained video from a business which shows a white sport utility vehicle pass in front of the business at 9:06pm with aftermarket black rims that has front end damage. Investigators believe the vehicle is a Toyota Four Runner. Investigators are viewing more video to determine the path of the vehicle such as if the vehicle entered the freeway, remained on the access road, or turned at an intersection.

Investigators ask the public for help to speed up the process to locate this vehicle and identify the driver. Anyone who can locate the vehicle or has any additional information about this crash, call the Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section at 886-2600 or call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477). Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Bravo District, Crime Stoppers, Traffic Safety Division

Police Search For Driver Involved in Fatal Hit & Run

Corpus Christi Police Traffic Investigators continue to search for a hit and run vehicle that fled the scene of a fatal crash in the 7500 block of State Highway 358 just after 9 PM Saturday night.

The crash investigation revealed that a 21 year old female victim was driving west on the freeway when she lost a mattress out of the back of her black Dodge Ram truck.  The victim, and a female friend, who was following her in another vehicle, stopped to retrieve the mattress that blew out.   While she was in the process of pulling it out of the roadway, she was struck by a vehicle.

The victim’s female friend told Officers that the vehicle that struck her friend was a white small SUV driven by a man with dark skin tones and he had a female passenger with him.  The hit and run vehicle had major damage to the front end and the air bags were deployed.

The driver then left the scene, going west on the access road, toward Rodd Field Road.  It was making noises when it drove off due the damage it sustained in the crash.

The female that was struck, was transported to Spohn Memorial Hospital by CCFD EMS and died at 9:10 PM on Monday.

If you know anything about this crash, or information regarding the hit and run driver or the vehicle involved, please call Traffic Investigators at 361-886-2596. or CrimeStoppers at 888-TIPS.