3 dead, 2 injured after striking feral hogs

[CrookedArrow]

http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/3-dead-2-injured-after-SUV-collides-with-hog-in-Texas-466791873.html

UVALDE, Texas (AP) —*Three people are dead and two others injured after a vehicle collided with a wild hog in Southwest Texas.

The accident happened late Monday on a rural road near Uvalde, about 110 miles southwest of San Antonio.

Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Conrad Hein said Tuesday that a preliminary investigation indicates a Ford Expedition collided with the hog, causing the vehicle to swerve into oncoming traffic and hit a Mercedes SUV head-on.

The Expedition's driver, 51-year-old Ruby Garza, and the driver of the Mercedes, 27-year-old Antonio Cordova, were pronounced dead at the scene.

One of the passengers in the Ford, 51-year-old Julia Vasquez, later died at an area hospital.

Hein had no immediate information on the names and conditions of the Expedition's two other passengers.

[WCB]

Tragic

Prayers for the injured and the families

[Hunt life]

Very tragic, prayers for all family's involved. Seen three hogs layed out in the road the other morning I left my place I thought that could be bad, they were all at least 100 pounders, it was very foggy that morning as well everyone be careful out there.

[Wood Man]

That is awful. Prayers for all involved.

[HC Sniper]

Prayers for all involved.

[Outlaw_6]

Prayers sent.

[bowsticker]

Prayers

[Pullersboy]

Man, that's terrible. Hate to hear that.

[Gobblerslayer]

Sad news for sure.

[ShawnG]

Prayers.

[Shake N' Bake]

Wow that's horrible!

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[MQ32Shooter]

How sad. All because of a stinking hog. KAP, seriously!

[Backwoods101]

Dang, prayers for their loved ones.


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[DaveC]

Dang terrible.

There needs to be a more vocal public push to just hit the animals square on and not swerve to miss.
I saw / read the results of a study a few years ago stating that it is the swerve that causes entirely more deaths and damage than just hitting the animal square on.

[ATXBowhunter]

prayers to their family - tragic