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Zuniga Roque-Flores

Age : 42

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 08/12/2022

Location : US 285 near mile marker 484

City : Sanderson

County : Terrell

State : Texas

Agency : DPS

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/12/2022, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers stopped a Nissan Titan on US 90 east of Sanderson. As troopers approached the truck, its driver continued driving away and DPS pursued toward Sanderson. The Nissan turned north onto US 285 and continued at high speed.
Near mile marker 484, the Nissan crossed into the opposing traffic lane and collided head-on with a southbound Ford F-150. Forty-two-year-old Zuniga Roque-Flores, who was riding in the rear passenger seat of the Nissan, died in the crash. Roque-Flores was from Guanajuato, Mexico. The Nissan’s driver also died.
The collision killed both people traveling in the Ford, Carlos Enrique Rico, 23, and Jesus Marcelo Garcia, 19, both of Del Rio. The impact scattered debris into the path of a southbound Kia Stinger traveling behind the Ford. The Nissan, Ford and Kia caught fire and burned. The condition of the vehicles prevented investigators from determining whether Rico or Garcia had been driving the Ford.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.firstalert7.com/2022/08/15/pursuit-ends-fatal-crash-terrel-county/
https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/4-dead-after-terrell-county-car-pursuit-and-crash/513-c01c2a2a-e1be-4b32-90bf-0d0f74356ae5