Somewhere in Texas, Baja Texas Eight People Die on November 5, 2021
In Kerrville Texas, on Saturday, October 23, 2021-
A racing driver in a Kerrville drag racing event lost control of his vehicle Saturday afternoon and smashed into a crowd of spectators, killing two children and injuring eight other people.
A 6-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the Kerrville-Kerr County Airport, where the Airport Race Wars 2 event was held. An 8-year-old boy was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died, according to the Kerrville Police Department.
Four others were hospitalized, including a 26-year-old man in unknown condition, a 27-year-old woman in critical condition and a 46-year-old woman in critical condition. The driver of the car that lost control, a 34-year-old man, is in stable condition. Two other people were treated at the scene. Two other children — a 4-year-old boy and a 3-month-old girl — were taken to a hospital for evaluation.
The Kerrville Convention & Visitors Bureau advertised the event as “an action packed, family-friendly day of all out No Prep Drag Racing.” The drivers were competing for more than $8,000 in prizes. Kerrville police are investigating the accident.
The racing incident occurred in the finish line area of the competition. Just like in score baja racing, there were no markers, barriers or any safety controls in the area where the incident and deaths occurred.
The Kerrville Police Department has provided updated from this afternoon's tragic accident at a local racing event.
According to Sgt. Jonathan Lamb, KPD public information officer, two young boys, ages 6 and 8, received fatal injuries, while four others were transported by air ambulances for treatment and four more were treated for non life-threatening injuries.
"On Saturday, October 23, 2021 at about 3:20 p.m., a vehicle participating in a drag racing event, Airport Race Wars 2, which was taking place at Kerrville Aviation, 1875 Airport Loop at Kerrville-Kerr County Airport, lost control and left the runway, crashing into parked vehicles and striking spectators who were observing the races", Lamb said. "The crash resulted in two fatalities, a six-year-old male child who died at the scene and an eight-year-old male child who was transported to Peterson Regional Medical Center in Kerrville where he was pronounced deceased". Lamb said the driver of the vehicle, a 34-year-old male, was transported to the San Antonio Medical Center and is listed in stable condition.
"Four people were transported by air ambulances to treatment facilities. A 26 year old male was transported to Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin and is in unknown condition, a 27 year old female was transported to University Medical Center in San Antonio and is in non-life threatening critical condition, a 46 year old female was also transported to University Medical Center in San Antonio and is in critical condition, and the 34 year old male driver was transported to San Antonio Medical Center and is listed in stable condition", Lamb said. According to Lamb, two people were treated and released at the scene, and two children, a four-year-old male child and a three-month-old female child, were transported to Peterson Regional Medical Center by ambulance for precautionary evaluations.
Kerrville Police are conducting an investigation into the accident. This investigation is active and ongoing, he said and updates will be provided when information becomes available.
MORE UPDATES CLICK THE LINKS-
KERRVILLE POLICE INITIAL REPORT
In Houston Texas-
The value of life in the United States, even for children is going down.
Very similar to score baja Mexico!
Houston cops carrying out a welfare check on an apartment found a nightmare: three siblings abandoned and living with the skeletal remains of a fourth. “A very horrific situation out here, very tragic”, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said at a Sunday press conference. “I’ve been in this business a long time and I had never heard of a scenario like this. It really caught me by surprise”.
The surviving children were ages 15, 10, and 7, and they had been living in “deplorable conditions” for “quite a long time”, Gonzalez said. Asked whether he meant weeks, the sheriff said the kids were on their own for a much longer period of time. “It seems they were in there while the body was deteriorating”, he said. It was unclear where the children’s parents were or how long they had been gone from the apartment at the City Parc II apartments.
Someone answering the phone at the management company hung up on a reporter.
“Somebody alerted us that we need to check that apartment”, Gonzalez said, though he added that he did not know who that person was. Deputies sent to the scene found the three unsupervised minors and then saw the skeleton, which was out in open view.
The age and cause of death of the dead child was unknown. “It appears they were basically fending for each other. The older sibling was doing the best she could to take care of the others”, Gonzalez said. “Our hearts break for those three.”
Gary Newsome, Publisher
No comments:
Post a Comment