Children Injured in Tuesday Night Crash
A 10-year-old boy and a teenage girl were injured Tuesday night reported The San Antonio News, when they were thrown off the hood of a car downtown.
The boy was transported to Brooke Army Medical Center with serious head trauma and the teen was treated at the scene, police said.
The boy's mother, who police said was driving the car, was charged with injury to a child.
Police said the woman was driving while the two were riding on the hood of the vehicle when she hit the brakes at the intersection of Olive and Center. The victims then rolled onto the street.
It wasn't clear how fast the woman was driving, but police suspect she only drove about 20 or 30 yards before she stopped.
"It seems ludicrous that anybody would do that," said Sgt. Marcus Booth of the San Antonio Police Department. "There's plenty of room in the car, so we don't know why she did it. It really looks like poor judgment."
Police don't suspect the woman was drinking alcohol at the time of the incident.
The boy was transported to Brooke Army Medical Center with serious head trauma and the teen was treated at the scene, police said.
The boy's mother, who police said was driving the car, was charged with injury to a child.
Police said the woman was driving while the two were riding on the hood of the vehicle when she hit the brakes at the intersection of Olive and Center. The victims then rolled onto the street.
It wasn't clear how fast the woman was driving, but police suspect she only drove about 20 or 30 yards before she stopped.
"It seems ludicrous that anybody would do that," said Sgt. Marcus Booth of the San Antonio Police Department. "There's plenty of room in the car, so we don't know why she did it. It really looks like poor judgment."
Police don't suspect the woman was drinking alcohol at the time of the incident.
