Brownwood Man Charged After Sledding Injury

BROWNWOOD, TX — A Brownwood man was arrested Sunday after a sledding accident led to the serious injury of a woman.

According to the Brownwood Police Department, Jayden Michael Garcia, 19, was driving his pickup truck in the parking lot at Gordon Wood Stadium while pulling people behind him on a pallet sled.

While pulling a 19-year-old woman, he reportedly lost control of his vehicle, causing her to crash under a parked truck with “great speed.” 

Emergency crews were called to the stadium at about 5:10 p.m., and the woman suffered “serious injuries,” police said.

Garcia was interviewed and arrested for the offense of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. He was then booked into Brown County Jail.