and last updated 2021-04-05 14:57:05-04
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â A woman who was driving on Interstate 37 near the Nueces River Bridge is extremely lucky after a truck driving ahead of her lost its wheel.
According to San Patricio County Sheriff Oscar Rivera, a woman was driving on the road overnight when out of nowhere a tire and wheel bounced onto her left fender and then hit the corner of her windshield.
According to Rivera, lost the wheel and it bounced down the road..
The sheriff says on his Facebook page this was a close call.
Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Sneakers, snacks and shelter - CAM event connects homeless to services in San Antonio
FacebookTwitterEmail
1of10
Andrew Wright, who has been living in a tent near the Interstate 37 overpass, tries on a new pair of shoes he received at an outreach event on March 16, 2021, at Christian Assistance Ministry near downtown San Antonio.Jessica Phelps /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
2of10
John Mellow sweeps the area around his friends’ tents under the Interstate 37 overpass near McCullough, east of downtown San Antonio. Mellow says he does so to keep things as clean as possible and make living conditions just a little better. On March 16, 2021, word had spread that the encampment was to be removed soon, as it had been in early February.Jessica Phelps /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Freezing on the streets
In a city lacking stable housing for the homeless, February s record cold exposed the vulnerability and shortage of options for those living in a tent camp under Interstate 37.
Freezing on the streets
In a city lacking stable housing for the homeless, February s record cold exposed the vulnerability and shortage of options for those living in a tent camp under Interstate 37.
March 12, 2020
Under the Interstate 37 overpass on the north side of downtown, Leslie Hester dug through her tent for a washcloth and bottle of water.
Still huddled in her sleeping bag, she poured frigid water onto the cloth to wipe her face. Outside, the air was thick with smoke from a campfire a friend had built with scrap wood. Tears from the smoke pooled in their eyes.
Commentary: Modernize the infrastructure, or face future of more failures
Henry Cisneros and William Fulton, For the Express-News
Feb. 19, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail
A worker in Dallas seeks to restore power during the arctic blast. A failure to invest in infrastructure is a failure to invest in our present and future.Smiley N. Pool /Associated Press
The loss of electrical power in neighborhoods across Texas last week has been attributed to breakdowns in the ERCOT system.
ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, was set up to share and distribute power across the interconnected utilities of Texas. The failure of the statewide electrical system resulted in emergency conditions for families huddled in cold homes, separated from all the electrical devices upon which we have come to depend. That meant doing without heat, personal communications, emergency news reports, recharging of cellphones, hot water and medical contacts.
BCSO says 150 people fled from 18-wheeler suspected in human smuggling operation
FacebookTwitterEmail
The Bexar County Sheriff s Office said approximately 150 immigrants on Thursday fled from a semi-truck parked at a gas station in South Bexar County and used in a suspected human smuggling operation. Sheriff Javier Salazar is seen during a news conference about the incident.Screenshot- Facebook
The Bexar County Sheriff s Office said approximately 150 immigrants on Thursday fled from an 18-wheeler parked at a gas station in South Bexar County and used in a suspected human smuggling operation.
Sheriff Javier Salazar said during a news conference that deputies detained 50 people from the truck but the rest ran off into a wooded area near a QuickTrip gas station.