{"id":237799,"date":"2026-04-06T22:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/237799\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:36:21","slug":"woman-struck-in-downtown-el-paso-13th-fatality-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/237799\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman struck in Downtown El Paso, 13th fatality of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;KTSM&quot;}\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>)\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The El Paso Police Department announced that a pedestrian involved in a serious crash on Sunday, April 5, has died<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Special Traffic Investigation Unit responded to a crash yesterday morning at 100 North Kansas Street and 300 Texas Avenue, when a 2011 Volvo S40 struck a pedestrian walking in a designated crosswalk, causing nearby areas to be blocked off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/police-investigating-crash-involving-pedestrian-161654602.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Police investigating crash involving pedestrian in Downtown El Paso;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Police investigating crash involving pedestrian in Downtown El Paso&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Police investigating crash involving pedestrian in Downtown El Paso <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EPPD reported this morning that the pedestrian, identified as 74-year-old Maria Patrocinio Longoria, has died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The driver, Roberto Rodriguez, 86, allegedly failed to yield to Longoria when she was walking across Kansas Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials from EPPD stated that the investigation is being continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We will update this story when we learn more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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