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Texas Man Takes Dip in Hotel Pond – In His Car

November 27, 2013 Crime News

pond-accidentA Texas man on Nov. 24 took an early morning dip in the pond in front of the DoubleTree Hotel on Atrium Drive.

The problem was that he was in his car when he did it.

Police said that Wayne Schertz, 54, of Carlton, Texas, was driving his rented Cadillac down Atrium Drive around 2 a.m. when he lost control of the vehicle, left the road and plunged into the pond.

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