Automobile Driver Falls Asleep and Collides with Parked Automobile in Maverick County

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018

The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reported an automobile accident on Coyunda Street in Eagle Pass, Texas on Saturday, January 27, 2018 between a 1987 Silver Jeep Cherokee driven by a female person and a parked 2007 White Ford Focus vehicle.

The driver of the 1987 Silver Jeep Cherokee was traveling on Coyunda Street when suddenly she fell asleep at the wheel and collided with the parked 2007 White Ford Focus automobile on Coyunda Street, causing significant damages to the Ford Focus automobile. Fortunately, the parked Ford Focus was unoccupied at the time of the accident.

The accident is under investigation by the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department.

Sheriff Tom Schmerber advises all motorists to observe all traffic laws.