Police Seek White Work Truck From Monday's Hit and Run

 

San Angelo Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating the driver of a pickup truck involved in a hit and run crash late Monday afternoon.

Police were called to N. Chadbourne and 14th Street just before 4:30 p.m. yesterday for the report of a traffic crash.  Upon arrival, police located victims from two separate vehicles who told police the crash was the result of a third vehicle that fled the scene.  Nearby witnesses corroborated their accounts.

During the traffic investigation, Police determined that a 22-year-old female driver of a 2012 Chrysler 300 was southbound on N. Chadbourne Street in the outside lane when she slowed to make a right turn onto W. 14th Street.  As she attempted to turn, she was struck from behind by a white pickup truck.  The force of the collision moved the Chrysler 300 across lanes and into a 1994 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck that was stopped at a red light on W. 14th Street.

After the collision, the driver of the white pickup truck fled the scene and was last seen headed west on 13th Street from Chadbourne.

The victims and witnesses described the suspect’s vehicle as an older model, possibly 1996/1997, white Chevrolet pickup truck with toolboxes along the sides, a black diamond-patterned grille guard with tow hook, and decals on the doors that indicate the truck may be used as a “work” vehicle.  The vehicle may have front distributed damage.  The driver was described as a Hispanic male, possibly in his thirties 

The driver of the Chevrolet 1500, a 48-year-old San Angelo resident, was not injured.  The 22-year-old female driver of the Chrysler 300 is currently undergoing medical treatment at a nearby hospital.  The extent of her injuries is unknown.  Two of the Chrysler’s passengers, a 17-year-old woman and an infant girl, were not injured. 

If you have information about the suspect’s identity or location of the vehicle, please call the Department’s Hit & Run Investigator, Steven Quade, at 325-657-4253.  To remain anonymous, call the SAPD’s 24 hour Tip Hotline at 1-855-TIPS-247.  You can also text your tips, text TIP SAPD followed by your message, to 888777.  You can submit Tips online at http://local.nixle.com/tip/san-ange… 

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jdgt, Tue, 07/29/2014 - 12:25
Try Old Christoval Road... especially during morning and afternoon rush hour traffic... There's a few 100 white work trucks up and down that highway every day! Woo!
If there's any consistency within mainstream media ethics, when black or brown trucks are culprits in a hit and run crash, we should only be told that a "vehicle" was involved -- with absolutely NO pictures or physical descriptions.
Why don't they use the traffic cameras, aren't they up there for a reason. To see incidents that police can't be able to view.
jdgt, Tue, 07/29/2014 - 15:16
I did a bit of googling when that SSgt Burpee guy went missing (because someone inquired about traffic cams then) and I found that they don't actually record. They're used to monitor traffic congestion, so that the lights will operate in a sense most suitable to the situation. At least that's how I understood it.
"They're used to monitor traffic congestion, so that the lights will operate in a sense most suitable to the situation. " they have no purpose then because every now and then you'll read about traffic accidents and no witnesses and always seeking vehicles with no clues or details. Majority of these incidents would be more helpful with eyes to rely on. They would probably police more people to be more careful out there driving if they knew they were being recorded and less accidents.

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