Hit and Run Involving Horse-Drawn Carriage
Corpus Christi Police Department
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (News Release) - On Saturday, April 12, 2025, at 10:54pm, officers were dispatched to the 800 block of N. Shoreline Blvd in reference to a major traffic accident involving a horse-drawn carriage.
Officers arrived and found that the at-fault vehicle fled the scene (hit and run crash). The sole occupant of the horse carriage, a 24-year-old female, had been ejected from the carriage from the impact. Medics transported her to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Officers determined that the horse carriage was traveling southbound in the right lane. The green passenger car struck the horse carriage from behind. The passenger car then struck a red passenger car that was in the middle lane of travel, then fled the scene. When the vehicle fled, it left behind a license plate. Officers searched multiple locations for the vehicle but were unable to locate the vehicle.
There were no injuries reported for the occupants of the red passenger car. It is unknown if the horse was injured at the time of the crash.
If you have any information regarding this crash, please call the traffic division at 361-886-2596. You may also call Crime Stoppers at 361-888-TIPS or submit the information online at https://www.p3tips.com/TipForm.aspx?ID=343&C=&T=. The information provided to Crime Stoppers is anonymous and if the information leads to an arrest, it could earn you a cash reward.
