Houston Personal Injury Attorneys – Smith & Hassler

Smith & Hassler has the privilege of representing three of the child passengers injured in the Alpha Kids Center van accident that injured 16 children. The children’s mother retained Smith & Hassler to represent her 11-year old daughter, 9-year old son and 8-year old son who were injured in the crash. New information has come to light that, according to prosecutors involved in the case, the driver of the daycare van Conception Coronado did not have a driver’s license: you can read Channel 13’s report here. Today Coronado and Darryl Freeman (owner of Alpha Kids Center) appeared before a judge to hear the charges against them: injury to a child, criminal negligence. Coronado is being held without bond because she is in the country illegally. Police say the kids were injured when Coronado ran a red light: the van did not have an adequate number of seat belts or child seats.

Police say van driver Conception Coronado has no drivers license and is in the country illegally

Yesterday’s foul weather in Houston may have played a part in a multi-vehicle accident that injured 18 people today, including 16 children riding in a Alpha Kids’ Center extended daycare passenger van.  The accident happened around 3:30 p.m. on Gulf Bank near Beltway 8. It appears as many as four vehicles were involved in the accident. The children, aged between 4 and 12, were returning from a field trip. The children were transported to hospital as a precaution. Channel 11’s report is here. Channel 2’s report is here. Channel 13’s report is here.

Update: Channel 13 is now reporting that the driver of the Alpha Kids Daycare van is facing felony charges for the accident. The report states the van was heading eastbound of West Gulf Bank when the van driver ran a red light and was t-boned by a pickup truck heading northbound on the service road. In addition to being charged for running the red light, the van driver was also charged with child endangerment, a state jail felony. Investigators say there were too many children traveling in the van, and not enough seat belts or child seats. Thank goodness the accident wasn’t more severe, given that it appears there were unrestrained kids in the van.

Update 2: Channel 11 is reporting that Conception Coronado, the driver of the van, and Darryl Freeman, owner of Alpha Kids’ Daycare, have been charged in connection with the crash. Freeman was charged with allowing the students to be transported without restraints and with too many passengers in the van. Coronado was issued a citation for running the red light and causing the crash. Both Coronado and Freeman have been charged with injury to a child/criminal negligence.

The driver of this Alpha Kids Center van was faulted for running a red light and causing a wreck

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