Overnight Crash Arrest
Corpus Christi Police Department
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (News Release) - On March 22, 2025, at about 11: 37 pm officers were flagged down at South Padre Island Dr and Airline Rd (west bound) in reference to 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 Shortly arrived and extricated the passenger. She was transported to a local hospital in serious condition.
Officers located the driver of the vehicle a few yards away from the crash. The male driver had attempted to leave the scene.
When speaking with officers the male showed signs of intoxication. He was transported to a local hospital for medical evaluation due to the severity of the vehicle crash.
Follow up traffic investigators were called out to assist in the crash investigation.
46-year-old Stephen Sims.
Witnesses told officers the vehicle was observed traveling west bound in the 6000 block of South Padre Island Drive at a high rate of speed, when it ran through the red light at the intersection. The vehicle struck the curb and light pole causing it to flip and come to rest on the cement incline.
Once medically cleared, officers arrested driver 46-year-old Stephen Sims for Intoxication Assault w/ a vehicle causing serious bodily injury.
He was transported to the city detention center for booking.
