I'd say he probably knows a few cops and detectives down there...

Posted on Apr 23, 06 | 12:00 am
The three-vehicle accident occurred on FM 3068 near FM 511 outside Brownsville at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday, dispatch logs show.

Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Eusebio Salazar said witnesses reported seeing an orange vintage Ford Falcon racing a black Ford Mustang. Salazar said both sports cars were heading north on FM 3068 with the Mustang driving against traffic on the southbound lane.

Brownsville resident Juan Carlos Gonzalez told investigators that he was driving south on FM 3068 with his 10-year-old daughter, Karla Cassandra Gonzalez, when he saw the cars coming.

The 35-year-old man pulled his truck over on the shoulder, but the driver of the Ford Falcon lost control of his vehicle and slammed into the pickup.

Salazar said the Mustang fled the scene while a Ford Expedition stopped to help tow away the Ford Falcon.

Gonzalez told investigators that he stopped the men from towing the Ford Falcon away, but that they fled the scene in the Expedition.

Paramedics treated Gonzalez at the scene but took his daughter to the Valley Regional Medical Center to treat several minor injuries. The girl was released from the hospital late Tuesday night.

Both the drivers of the Mustang and the Falcon are facing drag racing and failure to stop and render aid charges but remain unidentified at press time Saturday.

Salazar said Brownsville resident Johnny Angel Ruvalcaba is the registered owner of the Falcon but claims to have sold it four or five months ago to an unknown person who did not transfer the title.

Anyone with information on the accident is asked to call the Texas Department of Public Safety at (956) 423-1160.