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6/12/2013

Passenger Killed in Crash Near Ben Bolt

Posted 10:36 AM 6/12/2013

BEN BOLT - One person is dead and another in the hospital after an overnight car crash near Ben Bolt. State troopers tell us a tire blew out on a Toyota Tundra which caused it to overturn on Highway 281.

The driver, Hector Torres, 28, is currently stable at Christus Spohn Hospital in Alice. His passenger, Monica Velasquez, 32, died at the scene. Authorities say both were wearing their seatbelts.

 

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