By Shawn Henry 
A 19-year-old San Antonio kid, Ethan Michael Gonzales, is staring down a legal nightmare after cops pinned him to a horrific July wreck that turned five lives to tragedy and left over a dozen others hurt—badly. Stolen Camaro? Check. Speeds topping 100 mph? Yep. That wild attempt to thread the needle between a packed bus and a hulking 18-wheeler? Game over.
The interstate became a warzone on July 17 near Cassin Road. One wrong move, and boom—metal twisted, bodies flew, chaos reigned. The Camaro clipped the bus, sent it spinning into a guardrail, then got crunched by the semi. Rollover. Ejections. Pure carnage.
Gonzales didn’t stick around. Neither did three others—Matthew Andres Espinoza, Eric Rene Perez, and John Michael Sanchez—though they’re only in hot water for swiping cars, not manslaughter. Lucky them. Cops had to drag DNA and cell records into the mess to tie Gonzales to the scene. Now he’s facing five counts of manslaughter, plus extra charges likely coming.
With a rap sheet already featuring a reckless police chase, Gonzales isn’t winning sympathy points. His bond? A cool $2 million, with ankle monitors and a strict “stay-the-hell-home” clause. Cops aren’t mincing words—they want justice for the families wrecked by this mess. And with evidence stacking up, Gonzales might be trading his freedom for a prison jumpsuit sooner than he’d like.
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