Corpus Christi, TX — June 29, 2024, Jeremy Vela was killed as the result of a car accident at around 3:30 a.m. along Ocean Drive.
Authorities said in their preliminary statements that the accident happened in the area of the Ocean Drive and Rossiter Street.
According to officials, 34-year-old Jeremy Vela was in a Cadillac SUV going northbound along Ocean Drive. Somehow, the vehicle went off the side of the road and hit a wall. The vehicle then ricocheted back to the left, overturned across the median, and went off the other side of the road. As a result, Vela sustained fatal injuries. There did not appear to be anyone else involved in the crash.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
When it comes to car accidents like this, a big misconception is that authorities are dedicating all of their resources to getting answers. Frankly, that’s usually not what happens. More often than not, departments feel they have higher priorities, so they fail to give officers the tools they need to investigate complex possible factors, and they’re rushed on to other jobs. That’s when things begin to slip through the cracks.
For example, I had a case recently where police blamed someone for not wearing their seatbelt. They figured that since the victim was thrown from their seat, they must not have been wearing it. Well, the family though that sounded very unlikely the victim, so they asked us to look into things. More thorough investigations revealed the victim’s seatbelt was defective, causing it to fail during the crash. He likely would have been okay had it not been for that defect.
While that sort of thing isn’t exactly common, it’s one of many things that accident reconstructionists should at least be able to rule out. Otherwise, victims and families can end up with more questions than answers during a time when they most deserve to have some closure. It remains to be seen if authorities here gave this accident the attention it needed./
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