Seat belts weren’t used in another fatal car crash

By Michelle Mondo and Ana Ley

Updated 9:59 am, Saturday, February 23, two thousand thirteen

Two women died early Friday when their SUV plunged thirty feet off the eastbound Interstate ten access road near Ramsgate Street.

Media: San Antonio Express-News

The grim toll of motorists killed this week in crashes continued to climb early Friday with the deaths of two more women, prompting police to look for fresh ways to promote driver safety – including the need to wear seat belts.

One of two women killed in the most latest wreck, on Interstate ten early Friday morning, has been identified as 19-year-old Victoria Abreu, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner`s Office.

The 2nd woman`s identity has not yet been released.

It was not yet clear if Abreu was the passenger or the driver.

Andrea Reyna lost control of her speeding Hyundai Accent and was ejected from the car when it hit a culvert.

A police officer investigates the site of a wreck in the eleven thousand five hundred block of Crosswinds Way that killed Andrea Reyna. Late for her curfew, the doll was not wearing a seatbelt as she rushed toward home and lost control of her fresh car, a two thousand eight Hyundai Accent.

A police officer investigates the site of a wreck in the eleven thousand five hundred block of Crosswinds Way that killed Andrea Reyna. Late for her curfew, the woman was not wearing a seatbelt as she rushed toward home and lost

Ana Reyna, mother of 16-year-old Andrea Reyna, speaks with a reporter at the front door of her home Thursday February 21, 2013. Andrea Reyna died late Wednesday night February 20, two thousand thirteen when she was ejected from her car in a Northeast Side rollover crash.

Georgina Rodriguez was one of two Brandeis High School students to be killed by a wreck.

Gabriella Lerma was fatally injured when the Mitsubishi Lancer in which she was railing in the rear seat hit a turning pickup, tearing this door off the Chevrolet truck.

A trailer is about to be hauled off Tuesday February Nineteen, two thousand thirteen at the intersection of Hausman Road and Loop one thousand six hundred four where a traffic accident took the life of a Brandeis High School student allegedly involved in a haul race. The wreck occurred about 11:45 a.m. and Officer Matthew Porter with the San Antonio Police Department confirmed that a female student died shortly after the crash, but no other information about her was available instantaneously.

Flowers and a Teddy bear are at the intersection of West Hausman Road and the Loop one thousand six hundred four access road the morning after.

Brandeis High School students (from left to right) Paola Lewis, 17, Courtney Devore,16, and Joseph Camarano,17, sit Wednesday February 20, two thousand thirteen in a conference room at Brandeis High School while Northside Independent School District officials speak to the media about the fatal car crash that took place Tuesday involving students from the school. The poster on the right was signed by students at the school in memory of Gabriella Lerma,17, who was pronounced dead on arrival at University Hospital about noon yesterday.

Brandeis softball players wear orange ribbons with the initials of former teammate Gabriella Lerma during a game against O’Connor High School to recall Lerma who died in a haul racing incident on Tuesday, Feb. Nineteen, 2013. Lerma was a junior at Brandeis.

The Brandeis softball team gather in the outfield before their game against O’Connor on Tuesday, Feb. Nineteen, 2013. The athletes wore orange ribbons with the initials of former teammate Gabriella Lerma who died in a haul racing incident on Tuesday, Feb. Nineteen, 2013. Lerma was a junior at Brandeis.

Northside Independent School District spokesman Pascual Gonzales (left) speaks with the media Wednesday February 20, two thousand thirteen at Brandeis High School about the fatal car crash that took place yesterday at the Loop one thousand six hundred four access road and West Hausman Road. Standing in the center is Brandeis High School principal Geri Berger and on the right is Dr. Deborah Healy, Director of Guidance and Couseling for NISD.

Brandeis High School students participate in a candlelight vigil on Wednesday night, Feb. 20, 2013, for classmates involved in a fatal traffic accident near the intersection of Loop one thousand six hundred four at Hausman Road on Tuesday.

Brandeis High School students participate in a candlelight vigil on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, for classmates involved in a fatal traffic accident near the intersection of Loop one thousand six hundred four at Hausman Road on Tuesday.

Several hundred Brandeis High School students participate on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, in a candlelight vigil for classmates involved in a fatal traffic accident near the intersection of Loop one thousand six hundred four at Hausman Road on Tuesday.

Nathan Jordan participates with fellow Brandeis High School students in a candlelight vigil for classmates involved in a fatal traffic accident near intersection of Loop one thousand six hundred four at Hausman Road on Tuesday.

Students at Brandeis High School made a poster to encourage the continued trending of #bieberforlerma.

In total, seven people have perished in car wrecks since Tuesday and of those, four youthful women might have been saved if they had been restrained, officials said.

Police Chief William McManus said the latest casualties illustrate the need for continued concentrate on seat belt use and what can happen when drivers are dispelled.

«If you’re a very first responder and you see these grisly crashes it’s a stark, stark, horrible reminder how significant seat belts are,» McManus said.

The department regularly participates in the yearly Click It or Ticket program, but McManus said an extra initiative is being put in place targeting teenagers.

At the commence of Spring Break, teenage drivers who are unrestrained, texting or dispelled while driving could get a hard lesson from the SAPD, McManus said. The traffic unit will be watching for, and if necessary, citing teenage drivers who crack the law.

So far this year, there have been thirteen fatal crashes in which seat belts weren’t worn or investigators couldn’t say if they were worn.

In two thousand eleven and 2012, there were thirty one and thirty seven fatalities, respectively, SAPD statistics display.

In the most latest crash, the two women were in a Chevrolet Trailblazer speeding in the turnaround lane of the eastbound Interstate ten access road near Ramsgate Street when the truck went straight instead of turning on a curve and crashed into a concrete wall.

The SUV went airborne off a bridge and landed upside-down on the ramp to Wurzbach Road about Three:17 a.m., police said.

The passenger died at the scene, and the driver died at University Hospital.

Whether the SUV’s driver had been drinking is being investigated.

Neither woman was wearing a seat belt, but police said the driver might have survived if she had been strapped in. The same was said for two Brandeis High students who crashed Tuesday, as well as another teenage in a Wednesday wreck.

Ever since very first adopting a seat belt law in the late 1980s, Texas has consistently been one of the top states in the nation for restraint use, studies showcase.

In 2011, Texas had ninety three percent seat-belt use, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Still, those ages 15-20 are less likely to wear the restraints, the national statistics point out. That combined with a teenager’s sense of indestructibility can be a dangerous combination, McManus said.

He recommends parents regularly remind their children about driving safety.

The chief also will be a part of the Shattered Desires program this month at MacArthur High School. The program aims to educate teenagers on the influence of crashes, whether fatal or not, with demonstrations, displaying movies and having speakers affected by wrecks.

And on Tuesday, police were at Johnson High School to speak to students there about dispersed driving.

It was the same day Brandeis students Gabriella Lerma, 17, and Georgina «Gina» Rodriguez, sixteen – were fatally injured in a wreck. Lerma and Rodriguez were railing in the back unrestrained; the surviving driver and front passenger were wearing seat belts.

On Wednesday night, Andrea Reyna, 16, died just hours after getting her very first car when she spinned over and was ejected from the car. She, too, was not wearing her seat belt.

The other two fatal crashes also came Tuesday but seat belts weren’t a factor.

A trucker was killed in a flamy wreck about three a.m. after he evidently fell asleep and drove off Interstate ten near Ralph Fair Road, hitting a sign and rolling over. He hasn’t been identified.

Cedrych Carrisalez, Nineteen, was run over by a drunken-driving suspect in a parking lot near Mulberry Avenue and St. Mary’s Street.

«How many times have we heard that drinking and driving is dangerous, that not wearing seat belts is dangerous or that speeding is dangerous?» McManus said. «And my response is they think ‘it won’t happen to me.’ Don’t ever, ever think it’s not going to happen to you.»

Seat belts weren – t used in another fatal car crash – San Antonio Express-News

Seat belts weren’t used in another fatal car crash

Two women died early Friday when their SUV plunged thirty feet off the eastbound Interstate ten access road near Ramsgate Street.

Media: San Antonio Express-News

One of two women killed in the most latest wreck, on Interstate ten early Friday morning, has been identified as 19-year-old Victoria Abreu, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner`s Office.

The 2nd woman`s identity has not yet been released.

Andrea Reyna lost control of her speeding Hyundai Accent and was ejected from the car when it hit a culvert.

A police officer investigates the site of a wreck in the eleven thousand five hundred block of Crosswinds Way that killed Andrea Reyna. Late for her curfew, the lady was not wearing a seatbelt as she rushed toward home and lost control of her fresh car, a two thousand eight Hyundai Accent.

Georgina Rodriguez was one of two Brandeis High School students to be killed by a wreck.

Gabriella Lerma was fatally injured when the Mitsubishi Lancer in which she was railing in the rear seat hit a turning pickup, tearing this door off the Chevrolet truck.

Flowers and a Teddy bear are at the intersection of West Hausman Road and the Loop one thousand six hundred four access road the morning after.

Brandeis softball players wear orange ribbons with the initials of former teammate Gabriella Lerma during a game against O’Connor High School to reminisce Lerma who died in a haul racing incident on Tuesday,

Students at Brandeis High School made a poster to encourage the continued trending of #bieberforlerma.

It was not yet clear if Abreu was the passenger or the driver.

In total, seven people have perished in car wrecks since Tuesday and of those, four youthful women might have been saved if they had been restrained, officials said.

Police Chief William McManus said the latest casualties illustrate the need for continued concentrate on seat belt use and what can happen when drivers are dispelled.

«If you’re a very first responder and you see these grisly crashes it’s a stark, stark, horrible reminder how significant seat belts are,» McManus said.

The department regularly participates in the yearly Click It or Ticket program, but McManus said an extra initiative is being put in place targeting teenagers.

At the begin of Spring Break, teenage drivers who are unrestrained, texting or dispersed while driving could get a hard lesson from the SAPD, McManus said. The traffic unit will be watching for, and if necessary, citing teenage drivers who crack the law.

So far this year, there have been thirteen fatal crashes in which seat belts weren’t worn or investigators couldn’t say if they were worn.

In two thousand eleven and 2012, there were thirty one and thirty seven fatalities, respectively, SAPD statistics showcase.

The SUV went airborne off a bridge and landed upside-down on the ramp to Wurzbach Road about Trio:17 a.m., police said.

The passenger died at the scene, and the driver died at University Hospital.

Whether the SUV’s driver had been drinking is being investigated.

Ever since very first adopting a seat belt law in the late 1980s, Texas has consistently been one of the top states in the nation for restraint use, studies demonstrate.

In 2011, Texas had ninety three percent seat-belt use, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

He recommends parents regularly remind their children about driving safety.

The chief also will be a part of the Shattered Fantasies program this month at MacArthur High School. The program aims to educate teenagers on the influence of crashes, whether fatal or not, with demonstrations, displaying movies and having speakers affected by wrecks.

And on Tuesday, police were at Johnson High School to speak to students there about dispersed driving.

On Wednesday night, Andrea Reyna, 16, died just hours after getting her very first car when she flipped over and was ejected from the car. She, too, was not wearing her seat belt.

The other two fatal crashes also came Tuesday but seat belts weren’t a factor.

A trucker was killed in a flamy wreck about three a.m. after he evidently fell asleep and drove off Interstate ten near Ralph Fair Road, hitting a sign and rolling over. He hasn’t been identified.

Cedrych Carrisalez, Nineteen, was run over by a drunken-driving suspect in a parking lot near Mulberry Avenue and St. Mary’s Street.

Seat belts weren – t used in another fatal car crash – San Antonio Express-News

Seat belts weren’t used in another fatal car crash

By Michelle Mondo and Ana Ley

Updated 9:59 am, Saturday, February 23, two thousand thirteen

Two women died early Friday when their SUV plunged thirty feet off the eastbound Interstate ten access road near Ramsgate Street.

Media: San Antonio Express-News

One of two women killed in the most latest wreck, on Interstate ten early Friday morning, has been identified as 19-year-old Victoria Abreu, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner`s Office.

The 2nd woman`s identity has not yet been released.

It was not yet clear if Abreu was the passenger or the driver.

Andrea Reyna lost control of her speeding Hyundai Accent and was ejected from the car when it hit a culvert.

A police officer investigates the site of a wreck in the eleven thousand five hundred block of Crosswinds Way that killed Andrea Reyna. Late for her curfew, the damsel was not wearing a seatbelt as she rushed toward home and lost control of her fresh car, a two thousand eight Hyundai Accent.