Rueben Justin Trejo.

These border hoppers seem to cause an alarming number of fatal car crashes.

But if that’s the price we have to pay to get delicious wraps stuffed with refried beans and all-purpose meat, I’m all for it.

KSAT:

Rueben Justin Trejo, 18, is charged with murder in connection with a crash that left the driver of a pickup truck dead.

Trejo was driving a Dodge Charger that law enforcement authorities said T-boned and killed the driver, Joseph Becker, Jan. 6.

Authorities said Becker was driving eastbound on Rittiman Road when he made a left onto FM 78, where Trejo, who police said was speeding, broadsided the pickup in the middle of the intersection.

The pickup and the Charger went through a steel fence and into a ditch, police said.

Becker died at the scene.

Trejo and his two passengers were taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center with minor injuries.

The three-count indictment alleges that Trejo was attempting to commit the felony offense of evading arrest or detention with a vehicle when he struck the pickup.

Joseph Becker.

A Northside Independent School District bus driver has been arrested in connection with a fatal Friday morning crash in Western Bexar County.

David L. Wayne, 64, has been charged with failure to stop and render aid-death, a felony, after Bexar County Sheriff’s investigators said he failed to stop at a stop sign at FM 471 and Old FM 471 around 6 a.m.

Wayne pulled the school bus out in front of a westbound 18-wheeler, causing the driver of the 18-wheeler to swerve to avoid hitting the bus.

Instead, the 18-wheeler collided with an eastbound Ford Focus, driven by 62-year-old Larry Dean Salsbury. Salsbury was killed in the collision.

Traffic in the area was detoured for more than five hours while sheriff’s deputies investigated and a hazmat crew from the Texas Department of Transportation cleaned up the fuel spill.

Some Northside Independent School District bus routes were also running behind schedule.

A man accused of beating a puppy to death with a metal rod last month has turned himself in to police and is now charged with animal cruelty, officials said Thursday.

Gary L. Kennedy, who was also wanted on an assault charge, has been in Bexar County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail since Aug. 22. Officials initially said he was 53, but public records show him to be 51.

Kennedy is accused of killing an 8-month-old Shar Pei named Boscoe on July 3 in the 100 block of Canton Street on the East Side. Security footage of the incident showed him dragging the dog’s body away in a garbage bag, officials said.

The case was one of three fatal incidents of animal cruelty that police and Animal Care Services investigators have been working on this summer.

On July 11, a teacup Chihuahua puppy was found asphyxiated and dumped in the middle of the street near Commercial Avenue and Southwest Military Drive. The dog, who was posthumously named Mia by ACS staff, weighed less than 5 pounds and was bound in black tape.

Authorities are still looking for suspects in that case and are asking people to come forward if they know anything about Mia’s death.

And on July 18, a man allegedly poured gasoline over the head of his wife’s dog and lit the pet on fire. The beagle, named Cali, had to be euthanized because her burns were so extensive.

Charles Compton, 24, was arrested and charged with animal cruelty — a state jail felony that, if he’s convicted, could result in a sentence of up to two years incarceration.

Animal cruelty in San Antonio can be reported by calling 311. In the county, it can be reported to the Sheriff’s Office at 210-335-6000.