Accident & Injury Law in Texas

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Officials are asking the public for information on a fatal hit-and-run early Sunday near Elgin.

An unknown vehicle was traveling south on Old McDade Road when it struck 25-year-old Juvencio Martir, who was walking south on the street, near Natures Way. Martir was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin, where he died.

State troopers are asking anyone with information to call 512-424-7391.

One man died Tuesday afternoon in a three-car collision at the intersection of West Parmer Lane and Riata Vista Circle, police said.

A 19-year-old woman driving a Honda Civic ran a red light on Parmer Lane and struck the driver’s side of a Mazda sedan crossing Parmer on Riata Vista Circle, police said. The driver of the Mazda died. The passenger, a woman, was injured, as was the driver of the Honda.  Their injuries were not life-threatening, police said. Another vehicle was hit, but its one occupant was not injured.

The collision remained under investigation, police said.

A man was killed and three others were injured in a head-on collision on Monday on Texas 195 about a half mile north of Florence, said Tom Vinger, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Rodrigo Enriquez, 47, of Killeen died in the 5:30 a.m. crash on the two-lane road, Vinger said.

Louis Hirsh, a 21-year-old soldier from Hutton, was driving a Honda Accord north on Texas 195 when it crossed the center line and hit the Chevrolet Prism that Enriquez was driving.

Hirsch was injured in the crash as were Enriquez’s passengers Vladimiro Alvarado, 46, and Junior Alvarado, 23.