San Angelo Teen Loses Life in 3 a.m. Crash at Sherwood Way and Arden Road

 

SAN ANGELO — A teenager was driving his Ram 3500 dually pickup northwest on Avenue N at around 3 a.m. Tuesday morning. Police said he was traveling “at a high rate of speed.”

At some point inside intersection of Avenue N/Arden Rd. and Sherwood Way, the teen driver lost control and plowed into the NAPA Auto Parts sign in the northwest corner of this major intersection, Cpl. Tracy Gonzalez, spokeswoman for the San Angelo Police Department, said.

After colliding with the sign, the momentum forced the dually to collide with a NAPA Auto Parts pickup, causing a chain reaction of three other unoccupied NAPA trucks getting crammed into each other. The Ram 3500 ended up rolled over on its side in the NAPA parking lot.

Police responded at 3:04 a.m. and found the driver inside the truck dead. Justice of the Peace Susan Werner pronounced the 17-year-old boy dead, effective 3 a.m. The boy was a resident of San Angelo, but police have not released his name.

The boy was the sole occupant of the Ram 3500. None of the NAPA pickups were occupied.

The intersection is closed until mid-morning for police to conduct a detailed crash investigation.

Original Report at 7:10 a.m. — A dually pickup plowed through several parked NAPA Auto Parts delivery trucks early Tuesday morning. Police confirmed the crash resulted in a fatality.

All lanes at the intersection of Sherwood Way and Arden Rd. are blocked as fire a rescue personnel retrieve the body from the wreckage. Police notified the public of the closure via a Nixle alert early this morning at 6:30 a.m.

Update 7:30 a.m.

Police said the intersection is closed until mid-morning while traffic investigators re-create the crash as part of their investigation. The body was removed just before 7 a.m.

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Above: The dually pickup is flipped upright before Home Motors wrecking service hauls the truck away at 7:20 a.m. (LIVE! Photo/John Basquez)

From observation, the dually pickup plowed through two NAPA Auto Parts pickups and took down the NAPA Auto Parts sign. 

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MjNS, Tue, 07/10/2018 - 14:02

I am finding myself short on sympathy for people that drive like idiots. Glad he didn't take anyone with him...

JMHO, Tue, 07/10/2018 - 16:22

You see, the young man is no longer with us, and does not need your sympathy, however, his family needs all of our sympathy, and all of our prayers, for having just lost a dear young life that I’m sure was very deeply loved. Are they hurt that he made a poor decision that cost him his life? Of course! I also am sure that they are grateful that no one else was hurt by his choice. I truly wish that we could all just try to look at things from the perspective of the families who have lost someone, even if they made a poor choice. It might make us rethink our judgement if we thought about it that way.

City streets are just not made nor designed for a high speed, race track type driving. If there's a good thing to say about this tragic accident, I am just glad all other vehicles strewn about in the photo were parked and unoccupied instead of entire families headed somewhere and crossing the path of a maniac.........

LH3186, Tue, 07/10/2018 - 20:49

I can't believe a couple of the comments I am seeing. There is an investigation going on as to what happened. How quick to judge. You don't know what happened yet. This is a 17 year old child with a family who loves him dearly. Please have some respect for the family. I'm praying for this family to get through this tragedy. Whatever happened, his fault or not, this kid does not deserve to be called an idiot. How sad and disrespectful. My teenager works 2 jobs and sometimes gets off work late at night and exhausted. I would hate for him to get in an accident being tired driving home from work and people post snap judgements about why he wrecked. Be ashamed, very ashamed.

kmhord, Mon, 07/16/2018 - 09:33

That intersection has drivers running red lights so much that trying to turn onto Arden Road from Sherwood Way means you might need to legally run a red light.

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