MABANK, Texas — A man is facing two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in a crash that sent two victims to Dallas-area hospital by medical helicopter yesterday.
MABANK, Texas — A man is facing two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in a crash that sent two victims to Dallas-area hospital by medical helicopter yesterday.
Police say high-speed may be a leading factor in the crash.
Around 4:30 p.m., a white 2015 Dodge Charger and a white Toyota sedan were traveling westbound on U.S. Highway 175, near the western city limits of Mabank, approaching the Cedar Creek Reservoir bridges.
55-year-old Tobin Evans was driving the Dodge Charger at a high rate of speed when he lost control, over corrected, and struck the Toyota Corolla driven by Maria Garcia, of Fort Worth, Texas, Mabank Police Department Chief Keith Bradshaw tells inForney.com. The impact caused both vehicles to lose control and overturn multiple times down the highway embankment.
The Toyota Corolla came to a rest just at the edge of the Cedar Creek Reservoir. Garcia and a juvenile, front-seat passenger were extricated from the vehicle and flown by CareFlite medical helicopter to a Dallas-area hospital.
Bradshaw says Garcia and the juvenile are currently listed in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries.
Evans vehicle overturned and wedge into a tree several feet from the lake's edge. Evans, too, was extricated but refused medical treatment at the scene. He was taken into custody, transported to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Kaufman, Texas, released back into the custody of the Mabank Police Department, and booked into the Kaufman County Jail on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Evans has since posted $25,000 bonds on each charge and has been released.
Yesterday, westbound U.S. Highway 175 was closed for several hours while crews worked the scene and recovered both vehicles.
The Kemp Fire Department assisted the Mabank Fire Department at the scene. The Mabank Police Department is investigating the crash.