TIME, STEVE? >> Reporter: ALISA, WE ARE GETTING CLARIFICATION ABOUT WHO WAS IN THAT PICK-UP TRUCK WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE CYCLISTS. A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT AND A 17-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN WAS IN THE PASSENGER’S SEAT. THEY WERE HEADED INBOUND HERE ON BUSINESS 290 WHEN THEY COLLIDED WHEN THAT GROUP OF SIX. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT — THE DA HERE IN WALLER SAYS THAT THE WALLER SIMPLY DIDN’T TAKE THE ADVICE OF TROOPERS OUT HERE AND CONSIDER THAT ROADWAY A CRIME SCENE.
>> INSIDE, CLARK WALLER SENDS US THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES TO CENTER ON LAST MONTH’S TERRIFYING CRASH. >> IT HAS BEEN THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO TRAIN FOR EXERCISE OUT IN THE AREA. >> Reporter: SEVENTEEN DAYS AGO, SIX CYCLISTS TRAVELING INBOUND ENDENED UP IN A COLLISION. AN EYEWITNESS TOLD US A TEENAGE DRIVER TRIED ROLLING COAL WHICH IS BLOWING EXHAUST IN THEIR PATH BEFORE SLAMMING THE VEHICLE INTO THEM. SO THERE, THERE HAS BEEN NO ARRESTS.
WALLER COUNTY DA ELTON MATHIS SAID IN A FACEBOOK POST, WALLER PD DIDN’T HANDLE THE CASE PROPERLY, WRITING ALL SIDES OF THIS MATTER, THE JUVENILE T ADULT PASSENGER, THEIR FAMILIES, THE VICTIMS, AND THEIR FRIEND’S FAMILIES CAN BE ASSURED THAT THIS CASE IS NOT BEING SWEPT AWAY AS THE DAYS PASS.
ATTORNEYS FOR BOTH BOYS ARE BEING COOPERATIVE. THIS WILL NOT BE A LYNCHING. THIS WILL NOT DID BE A CASE OF SMALL COUNTY POLITICS MAKING PROBLEMS JUST GO AWAY. END QUOTE.
>> I AM PRETTY SURPRISED THAT THE DRIVER, OF WHATEVER DID NOT SUFFER A CONSEQUENCE. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS TO PRIVILEGE. >> THE CYCLISTS CRITICIZE THE PACE WHICH HAS ORDINARY FOLKS RETHINKING THEIR ROUTINES. >> NOT AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE ACCIDENT. I RIDE AT NIGHT SOMETIMES.
EVEN IF SOMEONE WERE TO DO THAT TO ME, MY FAMILY ALL LIVES OUT IN HOUSTON. NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME AND HELP. >> Reporter: A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE TEENAGE DRIVER’S ATTORNEY DID RELEASE A STATEMENT SAYING HE IS A YOUNG MAN WITH COLLEGE ASPIRATIONS. WRITING MY CLIENT STOPPED IMMEDIATELY, CALLED 911, ATTEMPTED TO RENDER AIDE AND COOPERATED WITH POLICE.
THE FAMILY PRAYS FOR A QUICK RECOVERY FOR THE INJURED RIDERS, END QUOTE.
>> YOU ARE SHARING SMALL ROADS WITH COUNTRY VEHICLES. PEOPLE MAY BE DRIVERRING TOO FAST. THAT IS THE BIG CONCERN IS HOW WE CAN SHARE THE COUNTRY ROADS. >> SO WHAT DOES WALLER PD HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THEIR HANDLING OF THIS SITUATION, HOW THEY REACTED TO WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON BUSINESS 290.
IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF WE HAD HEARD FROM THEM.
FOR WEEKS, WE HAVE ASKED FOR COMMENT. THEY ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THIS PUBLICLY IN A FACEBOOK POST THEY SAYING THEY WILL TURN OVER THEIR INVESTIGATION TO THE .
