Jesus Valdez, Alixis Hernandez and Clemente Nava Fatal Big Rig Crash on Highway 290 at Roy Davis in Bastrop County

Jesus Valdez, Alixis Hernandez, and Clemente Nava ID’d as Three Killed in Bastrop County Two-Vehicle Crash on Highway 290 at Roy Davis
Bastrop County, Texas (December 11, 2018) –  The identities of the three people who were killed Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash which left one other person injured in Bastrop County have been disclosed, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety report.
Family members identified the victims as Jesus J Escalante Valdez,21, Alixis Eduardo Hernandez,21, and Clemente Nava,22, all from Giddings.
The fatal crash happened at about 6:30 a.m. on Highway 290 at Roy Davis.
As per the DPS report, a truck tractor semi-trailer was traveling eastbound when it made a wide turn on Roy Davis Road and failed to yield right of way to a Chevy Tahoe driven by Valdez. The Tahoe then hit the truck tractor semi-trailer.
Valdez and his two passengers, Hernandez and Nava, were killed in the crash.
A fourth person was airlifted to an Austin hospital with unknown injuries.
The crash closed a stretch of the westbound lanes of US 290 from Highway 95 to Roy Davis Road for about four hours. The westbound traffic was diverted to eastbound lanes.
An investigation is ongoing.