Etzel Enriques Fatal Wrong-Way Crash on Loop 281 in Longview
Etzel Enriques Killed, Three Others Injured in Longview Car Crash on Loop 281
Etzel Enriques Fatal Wrong-Way Crash on Loop 281 in Longview
Longview, Texas (June 24, 2018) – A woman was killed and three other people injured Friday night in a multi-vehicle crash in Longview.
The fatal crash was reported at about 5:54 p.m. June 22, in the 3900 block of W. Loop 281.
According to police, 21-year-old Etzel Nayeli Enriques, of Henderson, was driving her 2003 Gold Ford Taurus eastbound on the loop at a high rate of speed. She drove across the left turn lane into the westbound traffic hitting the first car. The Taurus continued heading eastbound in the westbound lanes colliding head-on with a second car.
It then continued traveling eastbound before it was hit by a third car in the driver’s side door. A fourth westbound vehicle struck the second the car which had lost vehicle after being hit by the Taurus, police said.
Enriques was taken to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead. Her car sustained extensive damage in the collision.
Three other people suffered non-life threatening injuries and were taken to a local hospital.
The loop was blocked from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. as police investigated the crash. Traffic was redirected from Cotton Street to Enterprise Street.
Speed was a factor in the crash.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
