At 4:45 a two vehicle car accident at the intersection of First Street and Slaughter lane accord leaving 3 peoples life at steak.
"The accident was between a Yugo and Studebaker vehicles. The Yugo being driven by John Jacob Jingleheimer-Smith with his wife ,the passenger Melba.And the Studebaker driven by Roger Clementine.Clementine was going 60mph west in the eastbound lane on slaughter traveling ,while Smith was going 10mph in the eastbound lane heading east," said police officer Walter Higgins.
The accident was bizarre,considering one of the drivers involved was driving against
traffic.
"it was a crazy accident to see happen,and I'm extremely thankful i wasn't involved" bystander Mary Garcia said.
Garcia was just next to the accident when it happen. And she was extremely thankful her and her kids were not the ones involved.
"i was just one lane over from the crash,it could have easily been my kids and I," said Garcia.
It was just a normal sunny day in austin,with the usual activity happening on the streets of slaughter and first ,and suddenly before you know it the accident accord.
"I was just doing my job as usual then next thing i knew i heard cars crash, so i turned around and saw this very accident," Ben Howard ,a construction worker that was working just some feet away from the scene of the car accident.
At around 4:55 is when the paramedics and police showed up and took john and his wife to the hospital where she was released and treated with a bloody nose. while he was said to have a serious head injury.
"Melba was released with just a bloody nose, but John is still in the hospital being treated with a slightly severe head injury at the moment," said Patrick Gold a paramedic at the crash.
Roger was taken by ambulance to University Medical Center Breckenridge and was treated for minor cuts to his face and released.
"And as for Roger,he was treated for a few cuts and was released not long ago," said paramedic Gold.
Clementine is later charged for many things he was doing wrong.
"Clementine is being charged for driving without a license, driving in the wrong lane, and speeding," Said Police Officer Samuel Garza.
The car outcome of the accident was the studebaker ended up with a completely crumpled fender, and the yugo was extremely totaled in the front due to the head on collision.
With the filed police charges that were cited Roger Clementine seems to be the faulty driver in this accident situation.
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