Man receives multiple charges after accident

Published 12:00 am Friday, November 5, 1999

Multiple charges were filed against Jesus Sanchez after a personal injury accident Wednesday.

Friday, November 05, 1999

Multiple charges were filed against Jesus Sanchez after a personal injury accident Wednesday.

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According to an Austin Police Department report, Sanchez was identified as the driver a vehicle which collided with one driven by Barbara Wagner, 42, Austin.

The mishap occurred 8:57 a.m. Wednesday along 10th Ave. N.W. near the Perkins restaurant.

Cynthia Tucar Aponte, owner of the truck Sanchez was driving, told police she left the keys in the vehicle.

Aponte and Sanchez have a child between them, according to the police report, and she did not file theft charges against Sanchez for taking the vehicle without her permission. The owner said he has done this previously.

Sanchez was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, careless driving and having no Minnesota driver’s license.

According to the accident report, Sanchez was taken to the Austin Medical Center Hospital emergency room by a private vehicle for observation.