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Staff
-Eagle Pass
A fatal accident occurred Friday afternoon at the intersection of Veterans Boulevard and Main St. where a motorcyclist died after colliding with a pickup truck. The victim was dead at the scene and the injuries were severe.
Police Chief, Juan Antonio Castaneda, said the victim was identified as Richard Robert Sanchez, a native of the city of Corpus Christi, who was in Eagle Pass to buy a motorcycle which he was riding at the time of the accident. .
According to data released the victim was on a test drive, and intended to buy the motorcycle. The victim was traveling on Veterans Boulevard southbound and struck a Ford F-150, which was driven by Jose Maria Lopez, an employee of the school district, which was traveling northbound on Veteran's Blvd, Lopez then turned left into Main street when the fatal impact occurred.
The Justice of the Peace for Precinct 1, Tere Melendrez, pronounced the death of the victim.
Because of this accident the traffic on Veteran's was reduced to a standstill, police were on scene to control the traffic situation. The accident occurred around 6 pm.
The police department is responsible for investigating the causes of the accident.
Staff
-Eagle Pass
Police officers fired on a youth from the Rosita Valley area who put the lives of two officers in danger as he nearly ran them over in a Chevy Suburban.
The young man identified as Victor Rivas, 18, was not injured.
The incident occurred on Thursday at midnight at the parking lot of the McDonald's in the Seco Mines area where officers responded to a report of a youth who was over aggressive with restaurant employees and those of the store adjacent to the establishment.
Chief of Police Antonio Castañeda reported that the officers arrived on the scene and parked a unit behind the Suburban to keep it from leaving and ordered the man to get off of the vehicle.
According to the report, the subject disobeyed the order and placed the vehicle in reverse crashing into the patrol car.
The officers proceeded to get off of their unit on the passenger's side and attempted to reach into the Suburban to turn off the ignition, but the man continued in reverse hitting the officers with his door.
It was then that the officers feared for their lives and began shooting at the vehicle.
The SUV sped off despite being hit three times in the windshield and three times in the driver's side door. The Suburban sped away with a flat tire and did not come to a stop until it wrecked with another vehicle in which the passengers were a woman and her child.
The material damages were extensive.
Rivas was detained and will likely be charged with wreckless driving and most importantly harming the officers and using his vehicle as a deadly weapon.
It is unknown why the man was acting in such a way and the case remains under investigation.
Staff
-Eagle Pass
The next meeting of the EPISD Board of Trustees will probably include discussion on whether or not the district will be going to an accelerated program for our secondary level schools.
Samuel Mijares, Assistant Superintendent, informed The News Gram that he has traveled to San Antonio and Laredo where schools there have proven to be successful.
The plan is for students to remain longer in classes with their teachers and less time in the hallways exchanging classes. They will be able to finish with courses in one semester and take their end of course exam prior to beginning their next class after the Christmas vacations.
Students will have 80 minute blocks of their classes every day with a different group of classes and a different schedule the next semester.
Mijares feels that the system can be implemented locally, but the key in his perception is to get buy-in from the faculty as well as to inform the board what exactly it entails and how it will be better than the existing traditional schedule in place today.
If approved by the board, it could be implemented on a trial basis as soon as next year.
The accelerated Program allows students to receive more instruction in a shorter period of time and thus should perform better on their end of course exams because of this.
The item was brought upon the board at the last meeting, but the issue was tabled in order to allow the board members to be better informed on the details of the program.