The fatal collision happened around 5:07 a.m. on April 25 on US 77 south of Orphanage Road.
Cameron County, TX – A woman was killed early Monday morning in a head-on collision in Cameron County, according to the Texas DPS.
The fatal collision happened around 5:07 a.m. on April 25 on US 77 south of Orphanage Road.
DPS said a green Chevrolet Camaro was traveling northbound in the southbound lane when it crashed head-on into a southbound silver Honda Accord.
Adelaida Gomez, 53, of Conroe, who was a passenger in the Honda, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Chevrolet driver, 22-year-old Joey Gael Estrada of Austin, was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He was arrested after being medically cleared on charges of criminal negligent homicide and possession of a controlled substance PG 2. He was booked into Cameron County jail.
The condition of another female occupant in the Honda was not disclosed.
The DPS is investigating the collision.
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