Tag Archives: traffic division

Charlie District, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Single Vehicle Crash Closes Crosstown Expressway, Driver Flees Crash Scene

Date: Saturday, September 10, 2016, 20:39
Location: 4800 block of State Highway 286
Event: Vehicle Crash With Fatal Injury
Case Number: 1609100140

Corpus Christi Police are investigating the 18th fatal injury as a result of a vehicle crash which happened on the 4800 block of the Crosstown Expressway Saturday night.

Corpus Christi Police responded to a single vehicle crash at 8:40pm on the Crosstown Expressway just south of the Golihar Exit. Officers learned that a blue 2005 Ford Explorer traveled from South Padre Island Drive on the ramp to travel north on the Crosstown Expressway toward downtown and lost control. The Officers discovered the vehicle rolled onto the roof and at least two people were ejected from the vehicle. Officers believe that a baby was ejected, but was relatively unharmed. The baby and a teenager were taken to Driscoll Children’s Hospital and their specific medical conditions are not know at the time of this post. An adult was transported to the Spohn Memorial Hospital with an unknown severity of injury by the time of this post. Officers found that a 13-year-old child was ejected and died at the scene. Officers also learned that three people, which include the operator of the vehicle, fled the scene prior to law enforcement arrival.

Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Investigators responded to investigate the crash and have a witness who claimed to know the operator of the vehicle.

All northbound lanes of the Crosstown Expressway from South Padre Island Drive to Golihar were closed to traffic while the crash scene was processed by Crash Investigators and the road was still closed by the time of this post.

Anyone with any additional information about this crash should contact the Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section at 886-2600.

Adam District, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Corpus Christi Police Investigate 17th Fatal Traffic Crash of 2016

Date:  Saturday, August 27, 2016, 22:47
Location: 200 Block of Navigation Boulevard
Event: Vehicle Crash with fatal injury
Crash Number: C1605685/1608260155

The Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section investigated the 17th vehicle crash with a fatal injury of 2016 Saturday night. Corpus Christi Police responded to the 200 block of South Navigation Boulevard at 10:47pm in reference to a single vehicle crash.  Crash Investigators believe that a 43-year-old man and his 44-year-old wife were involved in a disturbance just south of the crash location.  Investigators believe the couple left the scene of the disturbance and travelled north on Navigation.  Investigators believe the 43-year-old man drove with the 44-year-old woman as the passenger.  Investigators believe the vehicle left the roadway to the right, struck a culvert, and flipped end over end several times.  The 43-year-old man was ejected and the 44-year-old woman was partially ejected.  Corpus Christi Fire Department Medics arrived and transported the 43-year-old man to the hospital for treatment.  The 44-year-old woman suffered at a minimum some broken bones.  Crash Investigators believe that the 43-year-old man had consumed alcoholic drinks before operating the vehicle.  Corpus Christi Crash Investigators marked, photographed, and Laser mapped the scene for their investigation.  Unfortunately, the 43-year-old man did not survive the crash. The 44-year-old woman is expected to recover. There were no other reports of property damage or injuries.

Bravo District, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Crash Caused Causeway to Close For an Hour Today

Date: Monday, August 8, 2016, 10:34am
Location: 13900 Park Road 22
Event: Crash which caused complete closure of JFK Causeway
Crash Number: C1605139

Corpus Christi Police responded to the 13900 block of Park Road 22 at 10:34am to a city vehicle crash with downed lines that crossed the roadway. The lines extended across all four lanes of PR22.  Several units from the Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section responded to assist. Investigation revealed that the city unit had an arm lift that was extended up. It was extended up because there was a generator on the back of the open bed preventing the arm to properly be set in place. As the city unit traveled west, it brought down what was later identified as a cable line. AEP was on scene with Grande who had trouble with the line.  AEP was credited as a huge help with this incident.  The Utilities supervisor was present. Both east and westbound traffic was at a stand still for about an hour before the roadway was opened to normal use.

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Truck involved in the crash which dropped electrical lines on the roadway
Bravo District, Traffic Safety Division

Crime Stoppers Tip Leads Investigators to Arrest For Flour Bluff Fatal Hit and Run

Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2016, 21:40
Location: 1800 Flour Bluff Drive
Offense: Accident Involving Injury or Death
Case Number: 1608030159

Corpus Christi Police arrested 27-year-old Nicholas Brenz (12/11/1988) Friday afternoon based on a tip to Crime Stoppers for a hit and run crash that happened Wednesday night on Flour Bluff Drive which killed a 35-year-old woman.

A 35-year-old female was with her friends on August 3rd when they stopped on Don Patricio to pick up items which were mistakenly left on the top of the car and had fallen to the road. A truck, that was traveling north, struck the 35-year-old woman and threw the 35-year-old woman into the south bound lanes where she was then run over by at least two more vehicles. The truck did not remain and fled the scene. The 35-year-old woman did not survive the crash.

This is the 15th traffic fatality for 2016 in Corpus Christi.

A tip from Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers led investigators to discover the truck at about 12:30pm Friday on the 400 block of Polaris Drive in Flour Bluff. Investigators learned that the owner of the truck was not a resident of the home on Polaris, but shortly after the truck was discovered, Nicholas Brenz walked to the Flour Bluff Police Sub-station and surrendered to Officers. Investigators interviewed Brenz and then obtained a warrant for the arrest of Brenz for Accident Involving Injury or Death with a bond amount of $150,000.

This is the 48th tip to Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers which has led to an arrest in 2016.

Investigators are thankful to the Corpus Christi Crime Stoppers community for the help to discover the primary vehicle responsible for this crash. Investigators continue to search for additional vehicles and drivers involved in the crash, but say there is no interest to pursue any more criminal accusations in this case. The Investigators say they want to close out the case and want anyone involved to feel comfortable with coming forward to provide information.

Bravo District, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Police Arrest Man For Morning Hit & Run on Paul Jones Avenue

Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2016, 6:10am
Location: Paul Jones Avenue at South Padre Island Drive
Offense: Accident Involving Injury or Death (Transportation Code Section 550.021) Felony
Case Number: 1607200031

Corpus Christi Police arrested 40-year-old Alexis Derise Jr. (8/10/1975) in relation to a hit and run crash on Paul Jones Avenue Wednesday morning in which a bicyclist was struck by a vehicle and the vehicle fled the scene.

Corpus Christi Police responded to a crash scene at Paul Jones Avenue and South Padre Island Drive at 6:10am after a RTA bus driver called police when they found a man with obvious injuries and a bicycle laid in the roadway by the curb. Officers learned that the bicyclist was a 61-year-old man and was immediately taken to the hospital by ambulance for treatment of serious injuries. Witnesses told Officers there was a truck that may have struck the man on the bicycle, but the operator of the truck did not stop to aid the 61-year-old man and left the area prior to law enforcement arrival.

Officers searched the area and at 8:20am, located a green and tan Ford F-250 on the 8300 block of Moffett Circle which they believed may have been involved in the crash. Officers located Derise in his nearby house on the 8300 block of Moffett Circle and brought Derise to Police Headquarters for an interview. Officers impounded the truck and then gathered enough evidence to conclude that they believe Derise operated the truck that struck the 61-year-old man, that Derise did not stop to render aid, and Derise did not make an attempt to summon emergency services as required by the Texas Transportation Code. Officers arrested Derise, took him to the hospital for a medical evaluation, and then delivered Derise to the city detention center with the accusation of Accident Involving Injury or Death. Investigators will gather more information about the condition of the 61-year-old man.

Charlie District, Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Division

Traffic Safety Section Investigates Pedestrian Crash on Staples

Date, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, 2130 Hours
Location: 5800 block of Staples Street
Incident: Vehicle Crash with a Pedestrian
Crash Number: C1603457

Corpus Christi Police responded to a major vehicle crash that involved a pedestrian on the 5800 block of Staples Street Tuesday night.  Officers learned that an unidentified woman walked across Staples at about 9:30pm from the Country Village shopping area towards Burnham.  Witnesses told Officers that the woman did not react to the horns honking in efforts to alert her as she was in the street.  A 37-year-old man drove a full size pickup with a heavy brush guard which struck the woman.  Officers observed no indication of impairment with the 37-year-old man, and he was released at the scene.  At the time of this report, the woman is in the Intensive Care Unit in critical condition.  No citations or criminal charges have been applied in this crash.

Community Outreach, Traffic Safety Division

Seat Belt enforcement is going on at Everhart & SPID until 8pm. Buckle your seatbelt! PIO4

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In 2015, there were 2,369 reportable motor vehicle crashes in Texas in which unrestrained vehicle occupants sustainedfatal or serious injuries. (TxDOT)

Community Outreach, Traffic Safety Division

Seat Belt enforcement is going on at Staples & SPID until 11:30am. Buckle your seatbelt! PIO4

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Wearing a seat belt reduces the risk of a fatal injury to people in the front seat of passenger cars by 45 percent. For those in pickups, seat belts reduce the risk of fatal injury by 60 percent since pickups are twice as likely to roll over as passenger vehicles. (NHTSA)

Community Outreach

City Announces Buc Days Traffic Plan Which Starts Today

Buccaneer Day Festival and Carnival Traffic Plan

April 20, 2016

 

The City of Corpus Christi Traffic Engineering office advises residents beginning on Wednesday, April 20 through Sunday, May 1, 2016, the following traffic control plan will be implemented for the Buccaneer Day Festival and Carnival events:

  • Southbound Shoreline Boulevard will be reduced to one lane of traffic between William Street and Park Avenue.
  • Northbound Shoreline Boulevard will be reduced to one lane of traffic between Buford Street and Coopers Alley.
  • Born Street and Broadway Court will be closed to traffic at the Shoreline Boulevard intersection.
  • Park Avenue which will be closed to traffic on the east side of Shoreline Boulevard.
  • No Parking areas will be clearly marked along Born Street, Broadway Street, and Kinney Street.
  • Motorists are asked to use Water Street as their primary route to the Buc Days Parking area.

Traffic control devices will guide motorists through the work site.  Motorists should expect delays and if possible, seek alternate routes or avoid the area. Access to local driveways will be maintained throughout the duration of the project.

For more information, please visit https://www.bucdays.com/ or contact Traffic Engineering at 826-3547.
Community Outreach

City Hosts Auction To Sell 120 Vehicles Saturday

The city of Corpus Christi will auction 120 cars, trucks, and motorcycles at the  Police Vehicle Impound Lot, located at 5485 Greenwood Drive, on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 10:00am.

The general public is encouraged to register and view the vehicles for auction from 1:00pm to 5:00pm on Friday, November 6 or November 7 from 8am until the start of the auction. No one under 17 years of age will be allowed in the impound lot or auction lot areas. Only registered bidders with a current bidder number will be allowed in the auction sale area on Saturday. 

Twelve of the vehicles for sale were impounded for no insurance.

The vehicles for auction may be viewed online and an auction list may be downloaded from www.siskauction.com.

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