What started as a call for a major traffic accident near South Flores and East Fest streets on San Antonio's South Side turned into a felony criminal investigation within hours Saturday morning. San Antonio police say a 36-year-old woman intentionally accelerated her vehicle into a 24-year-old man as he left a nearby home, then found herself facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and four counts of endangering a child.
Officers were first dispatched to the 200 block of East Fest Street around 8:10 a.m. Saturday, according to WOAI. Investigators determined the woman knew the man before the crash and had arrived at a residence near that block just before the incident. Per the San Antonio Police Department, she accelerated her vehicle before striking him as he was leaving the home.
Conflicting Accounts of Who Was Riding Along
Four juveniles were present during the crash, but exactly whose vehicle they were riding in has become a point of confusion between outlets. WOAI's reporting states the four juveniles were inside the man's vehicle at the time of the crash, while KENS 5 reported that the children were inside the 36-year-old woman's vehicle. Authorities did not initially provide additional details clarifying the discrepancy, and it remains unresolved which vehicle the juveniles occupied when the crash happened.
Despite the violence of the encounter, injuries appear to have been limited. The woman suffered minor injuries but was not taken to a hospital, and authorities did not initially report any injuries involving the children. The extent of the man's injuries was not detailed in available reporting.
Charges Carry Years, Not Just Fines
The woman was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, along with four separate counts of endangering a child, reflecting the number of juveniles present during the incident. Under Texas Penal Code § 22.02, using or exhibiting a deadly weapon during an assault — including intentionally striking someone with a motor vehicle — is classified as a second-degree felony, according to Ramos Law, punishable by 2 to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. Texas law treats a vehicle as a deadly weapon whenever it's driven in a manner capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.
Each child endangerment count adds its own separate exposure. Under Texas Penal Code § 22.041(c), placing a child younger than 15 in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical impairment is charged as a state jail felony, per Varghese Summersett, carrying penalties of 180 days to two years in a state jail facility and fines up to $10,000 for each count. Those charges apply regardless of whether the juveniles were physically injured during the crash.
Part of a Larger Pattern in San Antonio
This isn't the first time a San Antonio dispute between people who knew each other has escalated into an alleged vehicular attack. In March, arrest records cited by KSAT showed a San Antonio woman was charged with aggravated assault after allegedly running over a man twice in an H-E-B grocery store parking lot on South New Braunfels Avenue following an argument. Cases like these sit within a broader citywide picture — San Antonio Police Department NIBRS data recorded 18,684 crimes against persons between January and July of this year, a slight increase from 18,347 during the same period in 2025.
The case also lands amid renewed scrutiny of how Bexar County courts handle interpersonal violence cases more broadly. A September analysis of court data found that 89.2% of eligible misdemeanor family violence assault cases in Bexar County were dismissed during the first six months of 2026 — 1,840 out of 2,062 cases — up from an 86% dismissal rate in 2025 and 71% in 2024. San Antonio police respond to more than 40,000 family violence-related calls each year on average, with city and county agencies logging over 58,500 domestic disturbance calls in 2024, according to data from the Collaborative Commission on Domestic Violence.
Bexar County magistrates issued 2,267 emergency protection orders and fielded 1,568 civil protective order applications in 2024, the commission's annual report shows. That same year, the county recorded 32 domestic violence homicides, with an intimate partner homicide rate for women of 2.8 per 100,000 — well above the Texas state average of 1.6 per 100,000. No further details about the four juveniles or the man's current condition have been released as the investigation continues.
