Elderly Woman Dies in Raymondville Car Accident
by Amber Cortez | May 4th, 2018 | Auto Accident, Personal Injury
On Tuesday, May 1st, an 81-year-old Illinois woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Raymondville.
About the Crash
According to DPS, at approximately 4:20 p.m., a white Chevrolet Traverse heading northbound on Interstate Highway 69 E and Farm-to-Market Road 490 suddenly veered to the left and hit the highway guardrail.
The vehicle then went into a side skid before striking the guardrail again, going off the overpass, and landing upside down on the road below.
A female passenger of the vehicle was identified as 81-year-old Grace R. Ollech. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle was transported to a local hospital.
The accident remains under investigation.
Texas Car Accident Statistics
According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT):
- There was a 5.45% increase in the number of motor vehicle fatalities between 2015 and 2016.
- In 2016, there were 3,773 fatalities on Texas roads.
- Single vehicle, run-off the road crashes resulted in 1,293 fatalities in 2016.
- There was 14,202 serious injury crashes in 2016.
- 17,582 people sustained a serious injury in Texas car wrecks.
- As per reported crashes in 2016:
- 1 person was killed every 2 hours and 20 minutes.
- 1 person was injured every 1 minute and 59 seconds.
- 1 reportable crash occurred every 57 seconds.
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