Authorities have arrested a Buda man in connection with a hit-and-run wreck in Kyle late Saturday that killed two teenagers. Macario Mejia Hernandez, 61, of Buda, was booked into the Hays County Jail on two charges of Accident Causing Death, both second-degree felonies, as well as three charges of Accident Causing Injury, all third-degree felonies. Additional charges could be added pending results of toxicology tests, according to a city of Kyle press release. Hernandez is being held on $250,000 bond in the Hays County Jail.
Kyle Police Jeff Barnett said the incident happened around 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Windy Hill Drive and the northbound Interstate 35 access road in Kyle. According to the release, a Honda sedan with five occupants was hit by a Dodge pickup truck.
The driver of the truck, later identified as Hernandez, fled the scene on foot after the wreck, but he was “quickly located” and apprehended by Hays County Sheriff’s deputies.
