Brownsville, TX — August 14, 2024, Jose Molina Jr. was injured following a car accident at around 11:00 p.m. along East 13th Street.
According to officials, the accident happened in the area of the E. 13th Street and East Jefferson Street intersection.
Investigators said that 30-year-old Jose Alfredo Molina Jr. was in a Ford Mustang going eastbound along 13th Street. While doing so, it appears a tire blew out, causing the vehicle to veer off the side of the road. There, the vehicle crashed into a storage building. Molina was seriously injured due to the crash. Right now, no further information is available.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
With something like a tire blowout, people tend to just move on and assume there’s nothing to discuss. However, it’s important to still take these accidents seriously even though they’re often unavoidable. For one, a reconstruction of the tire could reveal a defect. That may be uncommon, but it’s happened before, and it could very well happen again.
On top of that, there could also be extenuating factors to consider, such as safety feature defects. Did the victim’s airbag go off? Did their seatbelt work properly? Did they experience seatback failure, something that too often goes overlooked? Likely or not, someone was seriously hurt. It’s worth at least considering the possibility there was something involved in the crash that authorities weren’t able to catch on their own.
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