SAN ANTONIO — A woman has been arrested and accused of running down her husband late Monday night with her car, breaking his leg.
Officers were called out to the 1500 block of S Elmendorf Street near S Zarzamora on the west side of the city around 10 p.m. for reports of a hit and run incident.
When police arrived, they found the victim with a broken leg and some contusions on his nose. He told officers that he was getting some items from the trunk of the car, when the his wife backed up over him and then drove off. According to an arrest affidavit, the victim told police his wife had accused him of infidelity.
Wednesday, police identified the suspect as 63-year-old Hortensia Gil. She is facing a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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