5 vehicle crash sends 1 person to the hospital
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — In the afternoon of June 4, a five-vehicle crash sends one person to the hospital.
According to the San Angelo Police Department, the crash happened near the 600 Block of West 29 and involved five different vehicles. SAPD said a white Suburban was south bound on 29th Street when it struck a silver Nissan Sentra that was traveling east bound on 29th Steet. The white Suburban left the roadway and hit a blue Chevy Colorado and then continued into the parking lot of Cato Fashions. In the Parking lot the white Suburban struck a silver Dodge Challenger, which was pushed into dark grey Dodge Challenger.
SAPD said the driver of the white Suburban may have had a medical issue causing this crash and was taken to the hospital.
A witness in the crash that was still on scene told a Conchovalleyhomepage.com reporter that a driver came out of the Walmart parking lot at that light and gunned it through them and hit a parked truck and another parked car before stopping before the building.
No citations were given out.
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