Fleeing suspect vehicle involved in midday crash near the Highway 90/Highway 83 Intersection in Uvalde

Picture credit: Constable Emmanuel Zamora

An accident involving three vehicles happened early this afternoon as police pursued a suspect vehicle that crashed into other vehicles on South Getty near the Post Office in downtown Uvalde. The accident caused delays and a temporary road closures as emergency responders attended to the scene.

  The Uvalde Police Department posted the following statement on its Facebook page: “UPD Officers and First responders are on scene of a three vehicle accident at Main & Getty St. Avoid the area possible and use alternate routes. The highway will be CLOSED for an unknown amount of time.” 

  An update was issued by Constable Emmanuel Zamora at 2:45 PM today stating that the roads were back open and the area was cleared. 

 The Uvalde Hesperian is currently gathering more information about this accident.