A Bexar County jury has awarded $81 million in damages to the family of a UTSA student who was killed by a deputy U.S. Marshal who was driving drunk.
A Bexar County jury on Friday found a deputy U.S. Marshal guilty of intoxication manslaughter for a wrong-way, head-on crash that claimed the life of a 23-year-old woman.
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SAN ANTONIO – Taylor McCowan, 23, died Saturday nearly two weeks after being hit by a deputy U.S. Marshal in a wrong-way driving crash, according to San Antonio police. Jonathan Jones, 40, was driving a pickup truck in the wrong direction on Loop 1604 before crashing head-on into a sedan on Jan. 31, police said. ORIGINAL REPORT: Wrong-way driver arrested after head-on crash on Loop 1604The woman was pinned inside her car, according to police, and was taken to University Hospital in serious condition. “We are cooperating fully with the San Antonio Police Department’s investigation of the incident.”
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SAN ANTONIO – Raquel Hatch’s daughter, Taylor McCowan, 23, has been left with life-changing injuries following a head-on collision early Friday morning. McCowan was a recent graduate from the University of Texas San Antonio. Wrong-way driver arrested after head-on crash on Loop 1604The crash happened at Loop 1604 near Babcock Road. San Antonio Police said a truck had been driving the wrong way and crashed head-on into another car. Deputy US Marshal arrested after wrong-way driving crash on 1604She said she still holds on to hope for her daughter but will never forget how her family’s life has been changed.
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SAN ANTONIO – District clerk records show a deputy US Marshal was the driver of a pickup truck that crashed head-on into a sedan on Loop 1604 around 1 a.m. Friday, injuring the driver of the other vehicle. Jones was arrested Friday morning on intoxication assault charges after the crash which occurred near the Babcock Road exit on San Antonio’s Northwest side. “We take seriously any allegation of misconduct by our personnel and an internal investigation will be conducted,” Bozeman said in a news release. ORIGINAL REPORT: Wrong-way driver arrested after head-on crash on Loop 1604The woman was pinned inside her car, according to police, and was taken to University Hospital in unknown condition for her injuries. “We are cooperating fully with the San Antonio Police Department’s investigation of the incident.”