Eagle Pass Young Man killed in rollover accident

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.

An Eagle Pass young man named Roberto Carlos Franco, age 23, was killed in a one vehicle rollover accident on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at approximately 8 P.M. on Loop F.M. 2030 in Eagle Pass, Texas near Chula Vista Subdivision while another young man, Carlos Molina, age 22, a passenger, survived the accident sustaining injuries to his body, announced Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber.

Franco died at the scene of the accident from his injuries while driving a 2005 Ford F-250 Pick-Up Truck. Molina was transported to the emergency room of Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center for medical treatment.

The one vehicle rollover accident is under investigation by the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The cause of the accident is unknown, but alcoholic beverages were found inside the rollover Ford F-250 Pick-Up Truck that Franco was driving at the time of the accident.

Sheriff Tom Schmerber reminds Maverick County citizens to not drink and drive, click one’s seat belts, and to observe all traffic signs and regulations while driving an automobile.