Fiery Auto Collision on U.S. Highway 277 North Kills Woman in Maverick County

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

The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reports that a rear-end collision between two automobiles on U.S. Highway 277 North in Maverick County, Texas on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, killed one woman who was trapped inside a burning vehicle while a passenger and a male individual was injured and transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center for treatment, as well as an 18 Wheeler Tractor-Trailer who swerved to avoid the automobile accident was forced off the highway into a brushy area.

Preliminary investigation reports that a blue automobile traveling south on U.S. Highway 277 North towards Eagle Pass, Texas is alleged to have rear-ended another automobile in front of it, causing the front automobile to burst into flames and lose control and crash.

The male driver of the front automobile was able to extract himself from his burning automobile while a female passenger was unable to exit the fiery automobile and perishing inside the vehicle at the scene of the accident.

The driver of the blue automobile allegedly caused the rear-end collision and lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a ditch off the highway, but survived the accident.

The driver of the 18 Wheeler Tractor-Trailer also survived the fiery accident by allegedly swerving to avoid it.

The fatal accident is under investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The fiery accident caused the Eagle Pass Fire Department to send one of its fire engine and ambulance to the scene of the accident north of Eagle Pass, Texas.

U.S. Highway 277 North was closed for several hours to allow first responders attend to the injured persons, extinguish the burning vehicle, and investigate the fatal accident.