Bastrop County, TX — July 24, 2025, James Ray Lewis and a teen were injured following a car accident at around 7:50 p.m. along Watts Lane.
According to preliminary information about the accident, it happened on Watts Lane just south of Highway 21 in the Cedar Creek area.
Investigators said that 43-year-old James Lewis was a passenger in a Nissan Altima with a teenager going southeast. A Ford F-150 was going northwest and reportedly failed to give half the roadway. That driver reportedly fled the scene, but details suggest the driver has been identified and recommended to face charges.
James Lewis reportedly had minor injuries while the teen driver of the Nissan reportedly was seriously injured. Right now, additional details are unavailable.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
While it’s encouraging that authorities seem to be recommending charges for a driver leaving the scene of an accident, does that tell the whole story? Have they looked into why that driver allegedly fled?
A lot of the time, drivers who leave a crash scene do so because there’s something specific they want to hide from authorities. It could be something straight-forward like a warrant, or it could be something challenging like drunk driving after being unlawfully over-served by a bar.
Whatever happened here, it sometimes takes victims and families demanding answers to get investigators to dig beneath the surface. Hopefully authorities didn’t simply move on once they felt they had a “bad guy” to blame.
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