Vehicle Drives Into a Crowd in Donna, Three Injured
A man is wanted by police in connection with an accident that took place in Donna on October 29. The man allegedly drove his vehicle into a crowd of people, injuring three.
Learn more about the event and similar accidents from the team at Villalobos Law Firm, McAllen auto accident injury lawyers.
The Donna Accident
The Donna Police Department is searching for a suspect following a serious incident that happened at around 2 a.m. on October 29. The collision happened outside the Bella Social Club in the 4500 block of North Farm-to-Market Road 493.
According to authorities, an altercation broke out outside the Social Club before the suspect got into his vehicle and drove it into a crowd of people. Three people were injured in the collision, including one person who was rushed to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.
A video of the incident has since been released by police. The video shows several people engaged in a bustling crowd. One of the people engaged in the altercation is then shown getting into a nearby passenger car before the car drives forward toward the crowd and the video ends.
The person in the video has since been identified as a 24-year-old Pharr man. Donna police have reason to believe he may be hiding in the Pharr-Edinburg area.
Anyone with information regarding this search should contact the Donna Police Department.
The Rise in Vehicle Attacks
The rise in attacks on crowds by drivers actually started all the way back in 2020. At that time, the country saw a rise in protests, and many of those protests were then attacked by extremists in vehicles. In fact, according to reporting from National Public Radio, 50 separate vehicle-ramming incidents happened across roughly a month-long period in June of 2020.
While protesting has fallen from its 2020 peak, vehicle ramming incidents are still happening. Earlier this year, Texas itself saw one of the deadliest such events in the country. In May, a driver slammed into a crowd of people waiting for a bus outside a migrant center in Brownsville. Eight people were killed in that event with nearly a dozen more injured.
Police are not always able to determine the cause of these types of accidents. While some attackers will admit that they acted intentionally, others may not, and it can be difficult to prove that an attack was deliberate. In cases where intent is present, political and religious extremism is often a factor.
Still, some cases in which cars run into crowds are accidental. You can do your part as a driver to reduce the likelihood that an accident will occur by always driving slowly and carefully when crowds are nearby, avoiding driving under the influence, and following all road signs and traffic directors.
