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Jesus Marcelo Garcia

Age : 19

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 08/12/2022

Location : US 285 near mile marker 4

City : Sanderson

County : Terrell

State : Texas

Agency : Texas Department of Public Safety

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Bystander killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/12/2022, Jesus Marcelo Garcia, 19, of Del Rio, was traveling south on US 285 in a Ford F-150 with 23-year-old Carlos Enrique Rico.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers had stopped a Nissan Titan on US 90 east of Sanderson. As troopers approached the Nissan, its driver continued driving away and DPS pursued. The Nissan entered Sanderson, turned north onto US 285 and continued at high speed.
Near mile marker 484, the Nissan crossed into the southbound lane and collided head-on with the Ford carrying Garcia and Rico. Garcia and Rico died at the scene. Because the Ford sustained severe collision and fire damage, investigators could not determine which man was driving and which was riding as the passenger.
The Nissan’s driver and rear passenger Zuniga Roque-Flores, 42, also died. Collision debris struck a Kia Stinger traveling behind the Ford, and all three vehicles caught fire and burned

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