Jose Torres, Saul Saucedo Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash on State Highway 35 in Aransas County

Jose Torres and Saul Saucedo ID’d as Two Men Killed in Aransas County Crash on State Highway 35 and Moore Avenue

Aransas County, Texas (August 2, 2018) –  The two men who were killed Tuesday morning in a traffic accident in Aransas County has been identified as Jose Saucedo Torres, 36 and Saul Eleazar Saucedo, 62, both of Edinburg, according to Texas Department of Public Safety.
The deadly accident happened at about 5:40 a.m. Tuesday, July 31 on State Highway 35 and Moore Avenue.
According to the DPS, Torres was driving a 2016 Nissan Sentra westbound on Moore Avenue towards State Highway 35 when he failed to yield the right-of-way at the intersection and pulled out in front of a 2017 Ford transit van ambulance that was heading northbound on State Highway 35.
The Ford ambulance then struck the Nissan on the driver’s side door.
The force of the impact caused both vehicles to roll over severally into the center median.
Torres and his passenger Saucedo were both declared dead at the scene by Aransas County Justice of the Peace.
The driver and front seat passenger of the Ford ambulance were transported to Christus Spohn Hospital Shoreline in Corpus Christi with non-life threatening injuries.
The authorities said the ambulance didn’t have a patient at the time of the accident. The ambulance was returning to Rockport after delivering a patient to a hospital.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.