A semi-trailer traveling west on I-10 near FM 365 slammed into the back of a disabled box truck sitting in the outside lane at roughly 6:20 a.m. Friday, killing a 38-year-old woman from Honduras who was riding in the box truck and sending two other men to the hospital. The crash happened in Jefferson County, where investigators spent the day piecing together how the collision unfolded.
According to The Examiner, the box truck had already broken down in the outside lane when the semi-trailer struck its rear end. The woman riding in the box truck died in the crash, the outlet reported. The truck’s driver, 43-year-old Maynor Leonel Mejia of Honduras, and a second passenger, 33-year-old Luis Meza-Ramos, 33, were both transported to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital for treatment of injuries described as non-life-threatening.
The driver of the semi-trailer, 66-year-old Vebi Vehapi of Missouri, was not hurt in the collision, per the same report. The Texas Department of Public Safety has not released the identity of the woman who died.