SAN ANTONIO – A routine response to a traffic accident turned dangerous on IH-10 when a Bexar County Precinct 4 constable\u2019s patrol vehicle caught fire, forcing a deputy to escape moments before the unit was engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n
The incident happened \u201ctoday on IH-10 between Foster Road and Ackerman Road\u201d while Deputy Day was assisting with a traffic accident, according to a Facebook post from Precinct 4 Bexar County Constable Kathryn Brown.<\/p>\n
Brown said Deputy Day was inside his patrol unit entering information into the CAD system when Deputy Hemingway, who was positioned behind him, noticed the unit had caught fire and immediately alerted him. Brown said Deputy Day was able to get out safely and was not injured.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are incredibly grateful for Deputy Hemingway\u2019s alertness, the quick response of emergency personnel and, most importantly, that Deputy Day is safe,\u201d Brown wrote. She also thanked Assistant Chief Wade \u201cfor promptly alerting our office about the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVehicles can be replaced; lives cannot,\u201d Brown wrote, asking the public to \u201ccontinue to keep our deputies and all first responders in your prayers as they serve our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO – A routine response to a traffic accident turned dangerous on IH-10 when a Bexar County…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-407028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}