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Texas DOT worker critically injured by judge is transferred

Posted on Jun 27, 2008

A transportation worker critically hurt after a car driven by District Judge J. Manuel Banales slid off a highway ramp and hit him was transported to an Austin hospital for more surgery.

Authorities said Martin Garcia, 34, a Texas Department of Transportation worker, was fixing a directional sign on the ramp to southbound Interstate 37. He was crouching by a heavy-duty pickup when he and the truck were hit on June 5 by Banales' Cadillac Deville. Police said Banales and Garcia were taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial.

Garcia remained in the hospital until Wednesday afternoon when he was transported to Brackenridge Hospital in Austin for surgery related to pelvic injuries, highway department spokesman Cliff Bost said.

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