Head-On Auto Collision leaves three people dead in Maverick County, Texas

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016

The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reported a two vehicle head-on collision on U.S. Highway 57 South, a few miles north of the U.S. Border Patrol Checkpoint, on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at approximately 9 P.M. has caused the death of three people.

A white Chevrolet Pick-Up Truck and an a Ford Fiesta automobile collided head-on just north of the Border Patrol Checkpoint, leaving both vehicles completely destroyed.

Two men traveling in the white Chevrolet Pick-Up Truck died from their injuries at the scene of the accident while a woman traveling in the Ford Fiesta automobile sedan also died at the scene.

All three deceased persons have been identified as being from Eagle Pass, Texas.

Due to the speed of the head-on collision, the three deceased persons were located inside the two vehicles involved.

The Eagle Pass Fire Department and EMS were dispatched to the scene of the accident. The Texas Department of Public Safety  also was summoned and is now investigating the accident.

A Maverick County Justice of the Peace was called to the scene of the accident and pronounced the three persons dead.

The names of the deceased were not released until their family members are notified.