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Time of India
5 days ago
- Time of India
Texas highway crash: 4 killed, 18 injured in San Antonio; armed suspect still at large
Image: X@/News4SA Four people were killed, and eighteen others were hospitalized with various injuries following a high-speed crash in San Antonio, Texas, on Thursday afternoon. The collision occurred around 2.00 pm (local time) on Interstate 35 when a stolen white Camaro, traveling at high speed, slammed into a small transport bus towing a trailer. Following the crash, four suspects, at least one of them armed with an assault rifle, fled the scene, as per the San Antonio police chief Bill McManus. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, while 18 others were injured, said McManus. Two more people died later on Thursday night, as per local media News 4 and KSAT. 'Major crash with fatalities 35S over Leon Creek. Prelim info is stolen Camaro wrecked into a small bus pulling a trailer. Two deceased, 18 transported to hospitals. Age range of victims young children to seniors. Four suspects in Camaro fled scene. One was armed. Avoid area!!' McManus said through a post on X. The transportation company Transportes Guerra issued a statement on Facebook. 'Through this Medium, we inform you that today we had an accident, and if you have relatives coming with us from Fort Worth to Mexico, please communicate with the office phone 8303195168,8621097187,6827581055. Thanks in advance, we will continue with the routes until now, and any issues will be informed to you by this medium," it said.
USA Today
5 days ago
- USA Today
Multiple people dead after stolen car crashes into bus in San Antonio
Multiple people died and more than a dozen others were injured after a stolen car crashed into a transport bus on a highway in San Antonio, Texas, police said. Around 2 p.m. local time on July 17, a stolen white Camaro with four individuals inside crashed into the bus, which was carrying a trailer, on South Interstate 35 in the Leon Creek area, San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus said. Two people were pronounced dead and 18 others were injured, McManus said. Two more people died later Thursday night, according to local reports from News 4 and KSAT. USA TODAY has reached out to the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office and San Antonio Police Department. Suspects in stolen car crash at large, police say Four individuals fled from the stolen car and were still being searched for as of Thursday afternoon, McManus said. One of the suspects was also armed with an assault rifle, he said. The car was speeding at the time of the crash, according to police. An investigation into the incident is ongoing, McManus said. Children, seniors injured in crash, police say McManus said the two individuals who died in the crash were senior adults. The injured individuals ranged in age from "young children to senior adults," McManus said. They were transported to area hospitals. A Facebook post from the transportation company Transportes Guerra said the bus was traveling from Fort Worth to Mexico and asked family members to contact the company's office at 830-319-5168, 862-109-7187 or 682-758-1055. Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached at
Indianapolis Star
5 days ago
- Indianapolis Star
Multiple people dead after stolen car crashes into bus in San Antonio
Multiple people died and more than a dozen others were injured after a stolen car crashed into a transport bus on a highway in San Antonio, Texas, police said. Around 2 p.m. local time on July 17, a stolen white Camaro with four individuals inside crashed into the bus, which was carrying a trailer, on South Interstate 35 in the Leon Creek area, San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus said. Two people were pronounced dead and 18 others were injured, McManus said. Two more people died later Thursday night, according to local reports from News 4 and KSAT. USA TODAY has reached out to the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office and San Antonio Police Department. Four individuals fled from the stolen car and were still being searched for as of Thursday afternoon, McManus said. One of the suspects was also armed with an assault rifle, he said. The car was speeding at the time of the crash, according to police. An investigation into the incident is ongoing, McManus said. McManus said the two individuals who died in the crash were senior adults. The injured individuals ranged in age from "young children to senior adults," McManus said. They were transported to area hospitals. A Facebook post from the transportation company Transportes Guerra said the bus was traveling from Fort Worth to Mexico and asked family members to contact the company's office at 830-319-5168, 862-109-7187 or 682-758-1055.
USA Today
5 days ago
- USA Today
Multiple dead after stolen car crashes into bus in San Antonio
Multiple people died and more than a dozen others were injured after a stolen car crashed into a transport bus on a highway in San Antonio, Texas, police said. Around 2 p.m. local time on July 17, a stolen white Camaro with four individuals inside crashed into the bus, which was carrying a trailer, on South Interstate 35 in the Leon Creek area, San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus said. Two people were pronounced dead and 18 others were injured, McManus said. Two more people died later Thursday night, according to local reports from News 4 and KSAT. USA TODAY has reached out to the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office and San Antonio Police Department. Suspects in stolen car crash at large, police say Four individuals fled from the stolen car and were still being searched for as of Thursday afternoon, McManus said. One of the suspects was also armed with an assault rifle, he said. The car was speeding at the time of the crash, according to police. An investigation into the incident is ongoing, McManus said. Children, seniors injured in crash, police say McManus said the two individuals who died in the crash were senior adults. The injured individuals ranged in age from "young children to senior adults," McManus said. They were transported to area hospitals. A Facebook post from the transportation company Transportes Guerra said the bus was traveling from Fort Worth to Mexico and asked family members to contact the company's office at 830-319-5168, 862-109-7187 or 682-758-1055. Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached at
Axios
7 days ago
- Climate
- Axios
Understanding what a 100-year flood really means
Trump administration officials called the July Fourth Guadalupe River flooding a "100-," "500-" or "1,000-year flood" during a Friday visit to Kerrville, prompting questions about the meaning of the term. The big picture: Such phrases shape how the public understands risk. But these events are not unprecedented — in fact, they can occur regularly. We break down what these terms mean. What is a 100-year flood? A 100-year flood is one that has a 1% chance of occurring in any year. It can happen more than once a century, and it's not related to the death toll of a flood, Texas state climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon tells Axios. A 1,000-year flood has a .01% chance. The designation is determined by how often, historically, a river is expected to reach a certain height. It's different for each river basin. What they're saying:"Really you should expect to see several of these in any given year just because there are lots of places," Nielsen-Gammon says. "The odds of flooding the following year aren't affected by whether or not it just flooded." Was the July Fourth flood a 100-year, 500-year or 1,000-year flood? Simply put, it's too early to tell. Is a 100-year flood different from a 100-year rainfall event? Yes — a rainfall event is determined by looking at how often high intensity rainfall occurs in an area. By the numbers: Kerr County received 10-12 inches of rainfall in just a few hours on July Fourth, per KSAT. That could make it a 1,000-year-rainfall event for the area, Nielsen-Gammon says. The Guadalupe reached an all-time high of 37.5 feet in Hunt, per KHOU. Is extreme flooding caused by climate change? While climate change is linked to more intense rainfall, it's uncertain whether that means more extreme flooding events, Nielsen-Gammon says. Still, some climate scientists say the data that 100-year floods are based on is outdated. "When you start to do the calculations for today's climate, you find that events that you might expect to happen once every hundred years might happen once every 20 years," Andrew Pershing, chief program officer at Climate Central, told Time. What types of floods has Central Texas experienced? On Memorial Day 1981 in Austin, 13 people died in a 100-year flood. The Blanco River flood in Wimberley over Memorial Day weekend in 2015 led to 13 deaths. It's considered a flood of record for the town. An October 1998 flood in and around San Antonio took 31 lives statewide. It's considered a 500-year flood. Could a catastrophic flood happen again? How officials communicate about floods can affect the public's response to risk, Lucy Atkinson, a University of Texas at Austin professor who has researched environmental communication, tells Axios. "If you think about a 1% chance of anything happening, we think, oh that's highly unlikely," Atkinson says. "So the question becomes — how do we get people to think ... that risk is very real."
