FROM THE CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE DEPARTMENT -
Occurred Saturday, August 4, 2012, 22:50, Beach Marker 202, Intoxication Assault
Two 16-year-old boys were hospitalized with substantial but non-life threatening injuries Saturday night after a 23-year-old woman struck the boys with a car on the beach by marker 202.
Several adults told Corpus Christi Police Officers that a white Pontiac Grand Am, driven by a woman, drove into a vehicle and the two boys, then attempted to flee the scene. The adults pointed to a white Pontiac Grand Am that was stuck in the sand and said that vehicle caused the damage and the injuries.
Police Officers met the operator of the Pontiac, 23-year-old Jessica Rose Garza and her 18-year-old male passenger. Garza displayed indicators that she was intoxicated. Garza was arrested for Intoxication Assault and an Accident Causing Injury Or Death.
The two 16-year-old boys were transported to the hospital by ambulance and the Pontiac was impounded. Garza's 18 year old passenger was released at the scene.
