Santiago Rodriguez Injured in Car Accident in Waco, TX
Waco, TX — November 11, 2024, Santiago Rodriguez was injured following a car accident at around 7:53 p.m. along Bagby Avenue.
Preliminary details about the crash say that it happened off the corner of the Bagby Avenue and S. New Road intersection.
According to officials, 26-year-old Santiago Rodriguez was in a Chevy Colorado reportedly traveling northbound. For reasons not confirmed right now, the Colorado and a Toyota 4Runner going southbound collided. This resulted in Rodriguez sustaining reportedly serious injuries. The other driver reportedly wasn't injured.
Currently, additional details about the accident are unconfirmed.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
There could be more details regarding what happened here which would explain why only one person was seriously injured while the other person was apparently fine. My concern, though, is there's a possibility that often goes overlooked: a vehicle defect.
For example, I handled a case a while back where authorities blamed a driver's serious injuries on them not wearing a seatbelt. However, it turned out officers more or less jumped to that conclusion without clear evidence. We had independent investigators with more training and better equipment examine the vehicle, and it turned out the seatbelt was defective. Had it worked properly, the driver likely would have avoided serious injuries.
So while there could be ordinary circumstances surrounding this accident, investigations could also show that the safety features which protected one of the drivers involved here failed to protect the other. If nothing else, it's important to know whether or not that's something authorities are at least working to rule out.
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