18-Wheeler & Car Wreck Briefly Shuts Down I-35 Early This Morning

(New Braunfels, TX) -- Southbound I-35 at FM 306 was briefly shut down early this morning, following an accident in the 14-hundred block of I-35, across the highway from Canyon High School, directly in front of the Best Western and Hilton Garden Inn.

At just past 4:30am an 18-wheeler collided with a small blue Honda passenger car, smashing that car severely, leaving the driver, a woman in her 20’s, trapped inside.

New Braunfels Fire and Rescue crews arrived on scene and began a prolonged extrication of that victim, and Airlife was originally sent to the scene. That helicopter was set to land directly on the highway, so crews were in the process of shutting down all of Southbound I-35, when the decision was made to instead transport the woman by ground EMS to University Hospital in San Antonio.

Police officers continued to block off the highway for a short time until crews finished the extrication. While Fire and EMS crews tended to the victim, other officers and personnel cleaned up debris from the roadway.

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source: kgnb.am (10/7)

18-Wheeler Jackknifes On Hwy 46 at Stone Gate Monday Morning

(New Braunfels, TX) -- A jack-knifed 18-wheeler shut down a lane of traffic on Hwy 46 yesterday morning, leading to concerns about a possibly major fuel spill. At just past 9am, a truck contracted to Texas Rock Haulers approached the intersection of Hwy 46 at Stone Gate Drive when the driver found he simply didn’t have enough room to stop and had to make a choice between rear-ending a series of about 6 passenger cars, or steer into a drainage ditch on the side of the road.

KGNB was on the scene and spoke to the driver, who said his choice was clear, and he opted for the ditch.

Firefighters from Station 6 on Stone Gate Drive were less than 100 yards from the accident and were on scene in moments. New Braunfels Police shut down a lane of traffic in that area while a tow truck was called in to get the truck out of the drainage culvert, where it was resting on one of its fuel tanks, which had about 80-gallons of fuel still inside. But the tow truck successfully relieved the pressure on that tank, and the truck was moved out of the ditch with very little spilled fuel.

No one was injured in the wreck, although the driver was visibly shaken following the crash. The scene was finally cleared just before 11am.
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source: www.kgnb.am (8/16)