Five injured in Ranch Road 12 accident

Another significant crash occurred on Ranch Road 12 between Wimberley and San Marcos in eerily similar fashion to the deadly car wreck two weeks ago that killed four people. In this accident, five people were transported to the hospital.

On Sunday, July 1 at 5:44 p.m., a vehicle driving towards Wimberley crossed over the center strip and struck the rear of the driver’s side of a Chevy Avalanche traveling towards San Marcos. The accident occurred near the intersection of Ranch Road 12 and Oak Wood Loop.

“The rear axle was knocked off of the Avalanche, and that caused the Avalanche to spin out directly into the ditch,” Wimberley Fire Chief Carroll Czichos said. “The first car continued across the road and struck a Jeep head on.”

The driver of the vehicle that crossed the center strip was transported to the hospital via Starflight in an unknown condition. A young child was also transported via Starflight in an unknown condition. Three other people were transported to the hospital via the EMS.

The names of those involved in the accident have not been released. The Texas Department of Public Safety does not release details of a non-fatal accident until 10 days after the crash occurred.

Ranch Road 12 was closed for an hour as first responders cleared the area for Starflight to land in the middle of the road, eventually clearing the accident scene completely around 7:30 p.m.

This accident occurred about two miles away of the car accident on June 15 that killed four people. Three people died on the scene of that accident with the daughter of the husband and wife killed also passing away at the hospital last week. The last Masullo family member involved in the accident has recently been released from the hospital, according to an update on the family’s GoFundMe page.