CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — On Sunday evening Precinct Three Constable Jimmy Rivera made a post on Facebook suggesting his deputy was involved in a hit and run on Staples and Saratoga.
When the Corpus Christi Police Department investigated the car accident they say the surveillance footage showed a different story. According to the crash report conducted by CCPD the accident happened on Everhart and Staples.
CCPD says the driver of a red vehicle was turning left at a green light to travel northbound on Staples. The report says the deputy constable was also traveling north bound on Staples and ran a red light on colliding with the other vehicle.
Rivera says he himself was not on scene when the accident happened, but the incorrect hit-and-run information is what was first relayed to him, which led to his Facebook post.
“Our intentions were to try to get the public to assist us. We are very transparent. We do try to be as open as possible,” said Rivera.
Rivera says since the original post he has been made aware of the police report and has issued a correction. As for the deputy constable, Rivera says he still needs to review all the information before acting.
“So now we're actually having to wait for them to send us the video and them to send us the accident report before we can even do anything officially because of course we have to have our ducks in a row if we are going to take any kind of punitive action,” said Rivera.
CCPD did charge the deputy involved with disregarding a traffic control device.