Samuel Montoya Injured in Car Accident on North Texas Avenue in Bryan, TX
Bryan, TX — April 18, 2022, 23-year-old Samuel Montoya and his passenger were injured in a car accident on Texas Avenue in Brazos County.
Authorities say the incident happened around 5:30 p.m. on North Texas Ave near Stevens Drive. Preliminary investigation suggests Montoya was driving a Chevy Impala south on Texas when he stopped in preparation to turn onto eastbound Stevens. Behind him a Ford F-150 approached in the same lane; the ford driver reportedly failed to control his speed and rear-ended the Chevy.
Montoya and a 35-year-old passenger in the Impala were seriously injured in the crash. No other injuries were reported.
No further information is available at this time.
Commentary on Samuel Montoya Accident in Bryan
Police said the pickup driver's failure to control speed was the main reason for this accident, but what people don't always realize is that the cause of a crash and the cause of a victim's injuries aren't always the same thing. That's why it's important to investigate carefully and be sure all the crash's contributing factors are recognized.
For instance, did anyone check to see if the Impala's safety features all worked correctly during the collision? Many times over the years we've discovered that a collision was much worse than it had to be because airbags deployed late or not at all (or ejected metal shrapnel at the people they were supposed to protect), or because seat belts didn't tighten or broke at the buckle. Those are just some of the many defects and malfunctions we've found that were overlooked by police as their attention went only to figuring out who they could charge.
Maybe nothing like that happened here, but it seems like the people hurt in the crash deserve every answer they can get about what happened. If there's more to the story and police didn't find that out, should someone else take another look?
