Two children and an adult were injured while visiting San Antonio’s infamous ‘ghost tracks’ to pay tribute to a relative who died in a car crash at the same spot years prior.
The family had gathered about 12.15am on Sunday for a vigil in honor of an unidentified relative who died in that spot several years earlier.
They were struck by motorist Jessica Rose Llanas, 34, who missed a turn onto Shane Road from Villamain Road and hit the grieving family.
Llanas ran over the feet of two children aged nine and 11, and one woman at the scene suffered head injuries.
The ghost tracks are the scene of a longstanding urban legend across San Antonio, attracting tourists each year eager to put the myths of the region to the test.
The legend of the story centers around a tragic school bus accident from 1938.
Per the legend, tragedy struck the bus as it tried to cross the railroad tracks. The bus driver is said to have noticed a train steaming toward them, killing both him and the children on board.
The story says that to this day, if anyone parks their car in harms way, near the tracks at Shane Road, the ghosts of the tragic children will push the car to safety.
Tourists travel from all over in an effort to see if there is any truth to the legend. Some sprinkle baby powder on the back of the car, hoping to see little ghostly handprints.
The San Antonio Express published an article about such a devastating bus crash in 1938, but the accident took place 1,300 miles from San Antonio, near Salt Lake City Utah.
The bus driver and 23 students were killed in the tragedy.
It is unclear how the tragedy ever got tied up in San Antonio urban legend.
The motorist involved in Sunday’s accident remained on the scene to cooperate with police.
She was later arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated.
In 2021, 19-year-old Jasmine Casiano was killed near the site of the ghost tracks after the car she was a passenger in crashed into a nearby tree. The driver faced charges of intoxication manslaughter.