New Braunfels, TX — August 15, 2025, Dana Joe Amick was injured in a truck accident at about 4:50 p.m. in the 600 block of Conrads Lane.

A preliminary accident report indicates that a 2015 BMW 128i was heading northwest when it collided head-on with a 2013 Peterbuilt semi-truck. The BMW ended up crashing into a fence alongside the road.

BMW driver Dana Joe Amick, 61, was seriously injured in the crash, according to the report.

The truck driver was not hurt, the report states.

Authorities have not released any additional information about the Comal County crash at this time.

Commentary

When people hear about a crash where a BMW ends up hitting an 18-wheeler head-on, they naturally want to know one thing: How did two vehicles end up facing each other in the same lane? That’s the question that matters most right now, and as of this writing, we don’t have an answer.

The initial report simply says there was a head-on collision between a BMW and a Peterbilt semi-truck on Conrads Lane. But it doesn’t say who crossed over, why it happened or even what part of the road it happened on. Was it a narrow two-lane road with no shoulder? Were either of the vehicles trying to pass or turn? Was one of them already stopped? Without that context, it’s impossible to know which driver, if any, had the opportunity to avoid this crash.

Now, there’s a tendency in the public, and sometimes in law enforcement, to assume that if a smaller car hits a big rig, the truck driver is automatically in the clear. But I’ve handled enough of these cases to know that’s not always how the evidence plays out. It’s not clear whether the semi drifted into oncoming traffic, whether the BMW crossed over or whether some third factor — like road conditions or mechanical failure — contributed to the crash.

To get to the truth, investigators will need to gather more than just photos from the scene. They’ll need to check whether the truck was equipped with in-cab cameras, whether the driver was using a cell phone and what the truck’s black box (or ECM) recorded in the moments before the crash. Did the truck suddenly decelerate? Was the steering wheel turned sharply? All of that data can be used to reconstruct the crash and figure out what the truck driver was doing at the time of impact.

It’s also worth asking what kind of hiring and supervision policies the trucking company had in place. I worked a case not long ago where a truck driver with a long history of terminations got hired after a single 20-minute driving test. That driver went on to cause a serious crash. As the investigation progressed, it became obvious that the company’s poor hiring decisions were just as much to blame as the driver’s actions. Depending on what the investigation finds here, similar questions might need to be asked.

At this point, we just don’t know what caused this crash. But we do know how to find out: through a full and independent investigation that goes beyond surface-level assumptions. Only then can anyone say who should be held accountable.

Key Takeaways:

• The report doesn’t yet say which vehicle crossed into the other’s path or why.
• Black box data, in-cab cameras and phone records could be key to understanding the truck driver’s actions.
• Depending on the cause, the trucking company’s hiring and training practices may come under scrutiny.
• Serious injury cases like this often require more than just police reports to get to the truth.
• Accountability depends on evidence, not assumptions.