Ortensia Perez killed in Texas 114 Rollover Crash

One woman is dead and another one was injured after the car they were driving in flipped over near Lubbock on Monday. A red SUV rolled over multiple times on 1100 block of Texas 114 between CR 1100 and 1200 killing its driver, 56-year-old Ortensia Perez. A female teen passenger, believed to be the victim’s daughter, was trapped in the car and had to be extracted. No further information is available on the extent of her injuries and the cause of the accident.

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A police officer was injured in a two-vehicle collision Monday morning on Medical Drive. Officer Edrees Mukhtar, 28, was responding to a routine call when the crash happened at about 2:45 a.m. just west of Interstate 10. He was heading east when he hit a wet spot, lost control and struck a curb. His vehicle skid sideways and crashed into a westbound pickup. Mukhtar was transported to University Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. The pickup's driver, Rose Havea, 40, sustained minor injuries. In an accident report, the two-year police veteran claims to have failed to control his speed…

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A rollover crash near Fort Stockton on Sunday claimed the life of a 19-year-old Sul Ross State University linebacker. Texas Department of Public Safety officials said the accident happened just after 7 a.m. on State Highway 18 when a northbound 2005 Ford pickup, driven by Ian Smith, left the roadway and rolled over. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene. He was wearing a seatbelt. Smith, a football standout, graduated from Three Rivers High School in 2011 and was a sophomore linebacker at Sul Ross State University. "Ian was a great young man that played football with an intensity that…

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A man is facing charges after crashing into a marked Dallas PD car near Stemmons Freeway early Sunday morning. Manuel Cardona, 30, was booked in a Dallas County jail and faces a DWI charge after speeding through the intersection of Lombardy Lane and Finnell Street and ploughed his Hummer into a Dallas police car at about 1 a.m. Officers were not injured and determined it was a drunk-driving accident. Cardona was also caught in possession of cocaine in his hands and in his right front pocket.

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An Austin motorcyclist was killed in an accident downtown on Saturday. The accident took place at around 8 p.m. on the ramp from southbound Interstate 35 to westbound Interstate 10. San Antonio police said 41-year-old Mark Molina was speeding and failed to take a curve in the road. He lost control of his bike and crashed into a guardrail. Molina was ejected from the motorcycle and was pronounced dead on the scene. Police report stated he was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

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A woman was killed in a rollover accident in Brown County, 15 miles north of Brownwood, on Sunday. The Texas Department of Public Safety have identified the victim as 51-year-old Susan Swindle, of Abilene. She was traveling southbound on Highway 279, three-tenths of a mile south of County Road 106, in a 2002 Ford Excursion at about 2:50 p.m. Sunday when the crash happened. Preliminary investigation indicated that the likely cause of the accident was a blowout on the vehicle’s left front tire causing it to leave the roadway to the left, through a fence and flip several times. Swindle…

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A man is accused of crashing into a railroad crossing arm on Rock Prairie near Wellborn Road and then fled the scene. Logan Davis, 23, of College Station, was drunk when he and his full-sized pickup were found by police about one mile to the west at Rock Prairie and Ridgecrest. The front bumper was left behind at the crash site. Officers said Davis had an alcohol level of .225, which is nearly three times the legal limit. The cost to replace the crossing arm is $20,000 dollars said the Union Pacific Railroad. Davis is also accused of causing $500…

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A motorcyclist was seriously injured following an afternoon traffic accident on the S. Broadway and Heritage intersection on Thursday. According to Tyler police, the accident happened at about 12 p.m. when a 2006 Suzuki heading north on S. Broadway struck the front of a southbound 2007 Chevy Tahoe, which was attempting to make a U-Turn on the intersection of Heritage. The rider of the Suzuki, Dillon Shelton, 20, of Tyler, was rushed to East Texas Medical Center and is in critical condition. The driver of the Chevy Tahoe, Pam Davis, 63, of Kilgore, and a passenger were not injured. This…

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Four people are injured after a four-vehicle accident including a patrol car on Glenna Goodacre Boulevard just before midnight Wednesday. The Lubbock Police Department said a white pickup truck was traveling at an unsafe speed when it rear-ended a gray Ford Fusion heading in the same direction. Upon impact, a woman in the Ford was ejected from the vehicle. She was reportedly wearing a seatbelt. The Ford then struck and forced a parked car up onto a resident's front yard. The pickup truck continued moving and hit a parked patrol car. This was the final crash where the accident came…

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A woman was dead after she crossed Culebra Road near Potranco Road on the West Side and was struck by two vehicles. The victim was identified as 38-year-old Heidi Jane Lowry. According to police, Lowry was crossing the street just before 6 a.m. Tuesday when a westbound SUV and an eastbound pickup struck her just east of the intersection. Lowry was pronounced dead on the scene.

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