One Person injured in auto collision on FM 481 (Old Uvalde Road)

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

An automobile collision between a Ford Pick-Up and a Tractor-Trailer on FM 481 (Old Uvalde Road) at approximately 4:30 P.M. on Monday, March 6, 2017 in Uvalde County, Texas left one person seriously injured.

A medical helicopter was called to the scene of the accident to transport the injured driver of the Ford Pick-Up to a hospital in San Antonio, Texas.

Emergency rescue personnel had to retrieve the injured driver of the Ford Pick-Up truck who had been pressed inside the vehicle.

FM 481 was not closed to traffic as the vehicles ended up off the pavement and traffic lanes of the farm to market road.  Uvalde County Sheriff’s Department and Texas Department of Public Safety Officers directed traffic while emergency rescue operations were being handled at the scene of the accident.