Local pilot dies after plane crashes in wooded area

Emergency crews had a hard time getting to the crash site in northern Medina County. Courtesy photo.

A local pilot from Pipe Creek lost his life tragically Sunday morning as his small single-engine plane crashed into a thick wooded area near the Bexar-Medina county line and started a grass fire. Continue reading “Local pilot dies after plane crashes in wooded area”

Van plunges off IH-25 into Chacon Creek pillars

The driver was airlifted and two passengers were taken to University Hospital after somehow surviving this wreck in a 2005 Toyota Sienna off a 20 ft+ embankment into concrete pillars in the creek bed of Chacon Creek on IH 35, Devine.

Three people amazingly survived an accident after plunging off an embankment into Chacon Creek at MM 122 on IH 35 in Devine and slamming into two concrete pillars in a 2005 Toyota Sienna Van. Continue reading “Van plunges off IH-25 into Chacon Creek pillars”