UPDATE: 3/24/2025 -
In a recent arrest report obtained by KRIS 6 News, details of Saturday's car crash off SPID and Airline Road were released.
According to a CCPD arrest report, the driver, Stephen Sims, was reportedly intoxicated at the scene of the accident, exhibiting slurred speech, glossy red eyes, and the smell of alcohol on his breath. A standard field sobriety test was not undertaken at that time, as the female passenger, identified as Cynthia Gonzalez, was badly injured from the accident, including, "a severed right arm and right leg."
After Sims and Gonzalez were taken to Bay Area Hospital, a warrant to take a blood specimen from Sims was granted by a judge, which later came back positive for amphetamines. Sims was medically cleared and arrested for Driving While Intoxicated before being transported to the City Detention Center for booking.
ORIGINAL: 3/23/2025 -
A 47-year-old man was arrested after crashing his vehicle into a cement structure on the highway, causing serious injuries to his passenger Saturday night.
According to the Corpus Christi Police Department blotter, officers were flagged down at South Padre Island Drive and Airline Road (westbound) on March 22 at 11:37 p.m. about a major traffic accident.
"Officers observed a severely damaged single vehicle on the cement incline area of the highway overpass. Officers located a 47-year-old female passenger inside the vehicle with life-threatening injuries. CCFD arrived shortly and extricated the passenger. She was transported to a local hospital in serious condition," stated CCPD.
Officers found the driver of the vehicle a few yards away from the crash scene as he was attempting to leave the area.
When officers began speaking with the male driver, he showed signs of intoxication. The driver was taken to a local hospital for medical attention due to the severity of the crash, officials say.
Witnesses told officers the vehicle was traveling westbound in the 6000 block of SPID at a high rate of speed when it ran through the red light at the intersection.
Witnesses said the vehicle struck the curb and light pole, flipped, and came to rest on the cement incline.
Once medically cleared, officers arrested the driver, 47-year-old Stephen Sims, for Intoxication Assault with/ a vehicle causing serious bodily injury.
Sims was transported to the city detention center for booking.
