Bexar County, TX — June 24, 2024, Anna Garza was injured due to a car accident just after 9:15 in the evening along Bandera Road.

According to authorities, four people—51-year-old Anna Garza, a 46-year-old woman, a 24-year-old woman, and a 1-year-old boy—were traveling in a southbound Dodge Challenger on Bandera Road at the Mainland Drive intersection when the accident took place.

Officials indicate that, for reasons yet to be confirmed, an eastbound Nissan Rogue entered the intersection at an unsafe time, allegedly failing to heed the red light given by the traffic signal. A collision consequently occurred between the front-end of the Rogue and the back-left side of the Challenger.

Garza reportedly sustained serious injuries over the course of the accident. EMS transported her to a local medical facility so that she could receive necessary treatment. Additional details pertaining to this incident are not available at this point in time.

Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman

Intersections controlled by traffic signals are designed to create order—but when someone ignores that signal, the resulting crash can affect everyone involved. When multiple people are injured, including a child, it’s especially important to make sure the investigation goes beyond the surface and addresses the full picture of what happened.

Did the authorities thoroughly investigate the crash?
If a red light was allegedly ignored, the first question is: how was that determined? Did investigators confirm the signal phase through traffic control logs or surveillance footage? Were there any independent witnesses who could verify the sequence of events? A broad-angle collision like this also requires precise documentation of vehicle speeds, angles of impact, and stopping distances to fully understand how the crash unfolded. Without that, key facts about timing and driver behavior might remain unclear.

Has anyone looked into the possibility that a vehicle defect caused the crash?
It’s easy to point to a red-light violation as driver error—but what if the Nissan Rogue’s brakes failed? What if there was a sensor issue or a malfunction in the vehicle’s throttle system that caused it to enter the intersection unexpectedly? These aren’t just hypotheticals—they’re real possibilities that can’t be ruled out unless both vehicles are inspected thoroughly after the crash. If no mechanical evaluation was performed, a contributing factor could have been missed.

Has all the electronic data relating to the crash been collected?
Both the Rogue and the Challenger likely have event data recorders that can provide pre-crash details: speed, brake use, throttle input, and more. This data can confirm whether the Rogue slowed at all before entering the intersection and how the Challenger was moving at the moment of impact. It’s also key to understanding whether advanced driver-assistance systems functioned as intended. If no one accessed that data in time, the clearest evidence may already be gone.

Crashes in signal-controlled intersections are rarely as simple as they seem. The more people involved, the more important it is to uncover all the details—not just to understand what happened, but to prevent it from happening again.

• Signal violations require confirmation from independent sources, not just assumptions.
• Mechanical failures may contribute to red-light running and must be ruled out.
• Vehicle data can provide objective timelines of speed, braking, and system response.