It turns out the the jogger was an Annaville Volunteer Firefighter...very sad.
Annaville Volunteer Firefighter Killed in Crash Near SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI -The Annaville Volunteer Fire Department have confirmed that one of their own, 28-year-old Johnny Ramos, was hit and killed while jogging in front of Tuloso-Midway High School this morning.
Employees at an HEB tell us they are also mourning the death of their coworker.
Police say a female driver had just dropped off her child at the school when she lost control of her Chevy Trailblazer and veered off the road. The jogger was killed instantly in the crash.
Several students outside of the school witnessed the crash that happened right in front of them.
Fire crews had to rescue the driver of the SUV, as she was trapped inside the wreckage. The woman was not seriously injured.
Police are investigating the crash to determine the speed at the time of impact. They say that will help determine what charges, if any, the driver may face.
Tuloso-Midway Students Witnessed Deadly Pedestrian AccidentCORPUS CHRISTI -- Police spent the morning investigating a deadly crash at Tuloso-Midway High school. A parent dropping off her son at school lost control of her Chevy Trailblazer, running over a jogger. Several students witnessed the crash from just feet away.
"I saw the car spin around, and the next thing, it hit the light pole," said assistant band director Josue Martinez.
During band practice Tuesday morning, he watched tragedy unfold. Martinez rushed to the crash site and called 9-1-1. He didn't initially see the jogger that was hit by the Trailblazer and unresponsive. "I went around the green Blazer and that's when I saw my director, he was doing CPR to the person," Martinez said.
Unfortunately, there was nothing that could be done for the jogger, the man landed just feet away from students.
"I saw the person laying down and wasn't moving and the, the legs were, oh my goodness, it was really bad," Martinez described.
The crash happened as several band students practiced in a designated lot. The assistant band director tells us had they released the students just seconds sooner, the tragedy could have been much worse.
"If we would have released the students, literally, ten seconds earlier, god forbid you know, something would have happened to them," he said.
Although not physically hurt, staff members are concerned for students who saw the deadly crash.
"The police have talked to at least two students that were witnesses that saw the whole thing," Superintendent of Schools at Tuloso-Midway Sue Nelson told us. That why she called all the counselors in the district to report to the high school to help students and even staff deal with what they saw.
"The first students will be the one ones who observed the incident, and then anyone else who seems to be traumatized," Nelson said.
The student who's mother hit the jogger did not witness the crash, but staff did pull him from class and get him to the hospital.
Police are investigating the crash to determine the speed at the time of impact. They say that will help determine what charges, if any, the driver may face. Crews had to cut her out of her car, but say she was responsive when they transported her to the hospital.
Condolences go out to Johnny Ramos' family and friends. God Bless.
