A woman was arrested on a DWI charge after allegedly driving through a crosswalk near an elementary school.
According to KSAT, the arrest followed an incident in which a woman allegedly drove through a crosswalk near an elementary school.
Inside the vehicle, Oliver's own child, seated in the front passenger seat, reportedly asked whether they had just hit the people in the crosswalk, according to the affidavit cited by KSAT. Oliver then apologized for going out with friends and admitted she had been drinking, the affidavit states. She told officers she had last eaten around dinnertime the night before and said she stopped drinking around midnight.
Driver Insisted She Was Just Headed to School
When questioned, the woman reportedly pushed back on officers, replying, “Of course I know where I'm at, I'm taking my child to school, please let me get him to school,” according to the affidavit.
Because Oliver's child was in the car, the case automatically escalates beyond a typical first-offense DWI. Under Texas Penal Code Section 49.045, driving while intoxicated with a passenger under 15 years old is an automatic state jail felony punishable by 180 days to two years in a state jail facility and a fine up to $10,000, regardless of whether anyone was injured or whether the driver had prior convictions, according to the Texas Constitution and Statutes. Prosecutors can also pursue separate child endangerment charges under Texas Penal Code Section 22.041 if impaired driving exposes a minor under 15 to imminent danger of bodily harm, per the LaHood Norton Goss Law Group.
Other Penalties in Texas DWI Cases
Texas DWI cases can also involve driver's license suspensions. Traffic fines are also doubled for violations committed in active school zones, and using a handheld wireless device while driving through one is strictly prohibited, per the Texas Department of Transportation.
In April, a Waymo robotaxi traveled the wrong way through the morning drop-off car line near Cambridge Elementary; a crosswalk monitor tried to wave off the vehicle, while a parent filmed the incident.
Part of a Broader Pattern Across Bexar County
The arrest also lands amid a documented rise in school zone risk statewide. Traffic crashes in Texas school zones increased 12% in 2025 to 877 reported collisions, with speeding and driver distraction cited as the primary contributing factors, according to WFAA.
Drunk driving remains a persistent and deadly problem across the region. In Bexar County, alcohol-related crashes totaled 1,621 in 2025, resulting in 46 deaths and accounting for roughly 24% of all traffic fatalities in the county that year. Statewide, alcohol-involved crashes caused 1,053 deaths in 2024, averaging nearly three deaths per day. The case comes just days after a separate Bexar County case made headlines when an unbelted passenger was killed in a Loop 1604 crash involving an intoxicated driver.
