A 76-year-old man was struck by a vehicle near Meadow Avenue and Chihuahua Street in Laredo Wednesday evening and was taken to the hospital in stable condition. The driver stayed at the scene, and police blocked eastbound traffic in the area while they worked the crash.
According to KGNS, the man was responsive after being hit and was transported to Laredo Medical Center in stable condition. The extent of his injuries was not known, the station reported. The Beaumont Enterprise reported the Laredo Police Department confirmed the incident and that the elderly man was injured near Meadow Avenue and Chihuahua Street.
Spanish-language outlet El Mañana reported the crash happened shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, and that the driver remained at the scene and cooperated with police throughout. The outlet also reported that eastbound traffic on Chihuahua was blocked, creating heavy congestion in the area as officers responded.
No Further Details Released
Police had no further details immediately available, per the Enterprise's report. The cause of the crash, the extent of the man's injuries beyond being listed in stable condition, and whether the driver faces any citation were not addressed in the available reporting.
The crash adds to a string of pedestrian incidents that have rattled parts of Laredo over the past year. In October 2025, a man was critically injured in an auto-pedestrian crash in north Laredo and was airlifted to a San Antonio hospital, according to the Beaumont Enterprise. In that case too, the driver remained at the scene and the department's Crash Team was activated, the outlet reported.
A Deadly Precedent in North Laredo
That north Laredo victim did not survive. The Beaumont Enterprise later reported the man died from his injuries about a week after the crash. Reports on that earlier case varied on some details — one account tentatively identified the victim as a man between 30 and 40 years old described as an owner-operator truck driver, while a subsequent report named him as 55-year-old Juan Manuel Garcia, also described as an owner-operator truck driver. Accounts of that crash's exact location also differed, with reports placing it in either the 12000 or 12100 block of Riverbank Drive.
No such discrepancies have emerged yet in Wednesday's Meadow and Chihuahua crash, and police have not indicated whether an investigation remains open. Laredo residents in the area should expect continued attention to pedestrian safety near busy intersections as authorities assess the incident.
