In the spring of 2026, our client was driving to a county rodeo event where her son was competing. The grounds were full — families arriving, and children and horses crossing the entry area to reach the arena.
According to our client, she was turning in slowly behind an ambulance that had entered ahead of her. She says the ambulance, which was a good distance up the road, then put its vehicle in reverse and came back toward her at a high rate of speed, with no one directing it. She could not back up, she says, because a crossing where children and horses pass was directly behind her and she was afraid of hitting someone.
She says she laid on her horn, but the ambulance did not stop and struck her vehicle. According to her account, an off-duty firefighter had to pry her door open to get her out. She was injured in the collision, and her vehicle was later declared a total loss.
Every driver — including the operator of an emergency vehicle — has a duty to back up safely, to keep a proper lookout, and to avoid a collision that careful driving would prevent. Our client’s account is that the ambulance reversed at speed, without a spotter, into a vehicle that had no safe way to retreat. We are working to obtain the crash report, the agency’s internal records and any incident or investigation file, event security-camera footage, and statements from the witnesses our client has identified.
Claims involving a government entity follow special rules and deadlines in Texas, including formal notice requirements that must be met before suit. We are handling those requirements and pressing the responsible entity to respond, while our client continues to treat for her injuries. Our focus is on documenting fault from the records and the scene — not from any single conversation — so the claim rests on verifiable evidence.
We represent the injured driver and are pursuing a personal-injury claim arising from the collision. Because the vehicle at fault was an emergency vehicle operated by a government entity, we are following the required pre-suit notice process and developing the evidence — the crash report, the agency’s records, the available footage, and witness accounts — needed to establish liability and the full extent of our client’s injuries and losses.
Our client did everything right — she slowed, she watched for the children and animals around her, and she warned the other driver. She should not be left carrying the cost of a collision she could not avoid. We intend to hold the responsible entity fully accountable.
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