SAN ANTONIO – A man with an active parole warrant was hospitalized and later taken into custody after a four-vehicle crash Tuesday at a downtown intersection, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).
Issac Mathew Trinidad, 28, of San Antonio, is charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle, evading arrest with vehicle, unlawful conduct mail receptacle key or lock, and possession of a controlled substance, jail records show. He was also booked into jail on the parole violation, records indicate.
The crash happened around 10 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of East César E Chávez Boulevard and South Flores Street, a DPS preliminary report states.
A DPS anti-gang trooper attempted a traffic stop on a white BMW near the intersection of Mitchell Street and South Flores Street.
According to the report, the BMW driver, identified as Trinidad, briefly pulled over to drop off a woman before evading northbound on South Flores Street.
In the pursuit, DPS said Trinidad sideswiped a vehicle and disregarded a red light at an intersection, which contributed to the four-vehicle collision.
The BMW collided with two trucks and a Range Rover that carried a total of six people, DPS said.
Several people in the other three vehicles were treated on the scene by EMS officials. Two women in the Range Rover were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, the report said.
Trinidad was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, DPS said. He was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, troopers said.
“He’s got the most serious injuries; everyone else was non-life-threatening,” DPS Sergeant Orlando De Luna said.
DPS confirmed that the BMW vehicle was stolen. Troopers said Trinidad also allegedly had methamphetamine in his pocket.
According to jail records, Trinidad was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on a $60,000 bond.
The crash remains under investigation.
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