Victoria – Victims ID’d Following Crash on US 59
Posted on Monday, March 18th, 2019 at 3:56 am
The Victoria Police Department has released the names of the victims who died in a car accident on US 59, Saturday dawn.
The fatalities were identified as Edna residents Annatasia Nina Guerra, 29, and Destiny Lynn Gonzales, 28. According to their family members, they are workmates and best friends.
At around 3:35 a.m., a four-door Hyundai was traveling along the southbound lanes of the highway when it collided head-on with a GMC Yukon traveling north. The impact of the collision caused GMC Yukon to flip on its side at the middle of the southbound lanes. A witness said that the GMC Yukon was going in the wrong direction.
The driver and a passenger of the Hyundai, identified as Annatasia Guerra and Destiny Gonzales sustained serious injuries from the impact. They were declared deceased at the scene by Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Stuart Posey.
The crash remains under investigation.
