Three Vehicle Auto Collision on U.S. Highway 277 North in Maverick County Injures Three People
By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017
Maverick County Sheriff’s Department announced that a three vehicle auto collision on Wednesday, August 9, 2017, at approximately 12:45 P.M. on U.S. Highway 277 North injured three people. The auto collision occurred approximately eight miles north of Eagle Pass, Texas on U.S. Highway 277 North.
The auto accident involved a rear end collision between a Cheverolet Silverado Pick-Up Truck and a Maverick County Road and Bridge Department Ford F-150 Pick-Up Truck. The Chevrolet Silverado rear-ended the Maverick County Ford 150 Pick-Up Truck propelling it into the opposite lane of travel colliding head-on with a GMC Yukon.
Three people in the vehicles were injured and transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center for medical treatment of their injuries.
Injured were Maverick County Road and Bridge Road Department employees Francisco Marines, age 46, who was the driver and his passenger, Amaro Ibarra, age 66, as well as the driver of the Chevrolet Silverado, Oscar Ortegon, age 51.
The driver of the GMC Yukon, Quinn Lang, age 43, sustained minor injuries and declined to be transported to the hospital.
U.S. Highway 277 North between Eagle Pass, Texas and Del Rio, Texas was closed temporarily while first responders tended to the injured people and investigated the accident. After approximately one to two hours of the accident, U.S. Highway 277 North was reopened to automotive traffic.
The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety are investigating the three vehicle accident.
