SUVs Collide in Front of Lowe's on Sherwood Way

 

A white Chevrolet Suburban collided with a gold Chevrolet Blazer on the busy section of Sherwood Way in front of Lowe's during the lunch hour.

The gold Blazer was leaving Walmart and attempted to turn left. In doing so, it pulled out in front of the Suburban, which hit the Blazer. The impact forced the Blazer to spin around and end up in the ditch. There were no injuries in the Suburban. The female driver of the Blazer complained of back or neck injuries and is being transpoerted to the hospital.

The Blazer driver was placed on a backboard and transported to an ambulance to receive treatment.

Driving the Blazer was 23-year-old Maria Salinas of San Angelo. The Suburban was driven by 33-year-old Ashley Harris of Del Rio.

One eastbound lane at the 5400 block of Sherwood Way is blocked as the San Angelo Fire Department tends to the accident.

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San Angelo Driving Tip #163: "Avoid Left Turns" While forethought is no longer prevalent in drivers’ thinking, it is a valuable tool to harness while navigating through life's challenges. In this example, one should extrapolate the notion that left turns - while not always avoidable - should be circumvented as they generally cause more stress to the driver, require a higher sense of visual acuity, timelier hand/eye coordination and a greater degree of situational awareness - again, not a particularly strong trait among most drivers in San Angelo. This is particularly true when attempting to turn left onto an extremely well-travelled, divided 6-lane thoroughfare bustling with vehicular activity. It is reasonable to deduce that not all left turns can be avoided, yet it is also reasonable to deduce that planning and situational awareness can provide alternate routes which offer safer passage. At first glance, alternate routes may appear more frustrating in terms of distance, time, and general driving behaviors, but this small risk factor is nullified when compared to the risks of turning left onto busy streets. On the other hand, Darwinism is alive and well. One could certainly make the argument that left turns, while a right of every American citizen, should not only continue to be an option, but encouraged, so as to attrite the number of drivers on the road, thereby making left turns more satiable (in an offhand kind of way). In any case, I hope the occupants of both vehicles fare well. I wonder if the ambulance took any left turns…

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