This article appeared in the Rockport Pilot this weekend. Pat(602) said that he came upon this accident on his way to Rockport and was forced to detour back and drive through Bayside. This section of Highway 35 gets a lot of traffic and I don't think there are any plans right now to improve the road.

Rockport man escapes fiery crash
Published:
Friday, June 26, 2009 1:59 PM CDT
Rockport resident David Irvine Denham, 69, was injured in a head-on accident Tuesday, June 23 at 5:39 p.m. on Highway 35 a little more than six miles south of Tivoli.

According to Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Danny White, the accident occurred when a northbound 2002 Honda Accord, driven by Alberto Rene Salinas, 22, of Fresno, skidded across the center stripe, striking Denham’s southbound 2008 Ford F-250 pickup.

White said it appears the Honda’s right rear tire blew out.

Angela Marcela Montoya, 21, of Houston, the front seat passenger in the Honda, was killed. She was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected upon impact. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to White’s report, Denham took evasive action in an attempt to avoid a collision. Denham’s pickup was engulfed in flames shortly after he was pulled out of the vehicle by passing motorists.

Denham and Salinas were transported to Victoria’s Citizens Hospital in stable condition with incapacitating injuries. Denham was later transferred to a San Antonio hospital via air transport because of neck injuries.

Denham was reportedly in good spirits, awaiting surgery at the San Antonio hospital.