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<\/p>\nFive people were killed after a Jeep Grand Cherokee and Toyota Tundra collided Saturday morning at the intersection of the US 77 access road and SH 89.<\/p>\n
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, Texas \u2014 A Saturday morning crash in San Patricio County claimed the lives of five people after a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a Toyota Tundra collided at the intersection of the US 77 access road and State Highway 89.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the crash happened around 8:30a.m. Saturday, July 18. Texas highway Patrol troopers responded to the scene and launched an investigation into the deadly collision.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Preliminary findings indicate a 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling southbound on the US 77 access road when it failed to yield the right of way at a stop sign. Authorities say the SUV was then struck on its passenger side by a 2011 Toyota Tundra that was traveling south on State Highway 89.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Toyota, a 46-year-old man from San Antonio, and his two sons, ages 15 and 11, were not seriously injured. All three were transported to Northwest Emergency Room as a precaution, according to DPS.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Jeep, identified as 37-year-old Samantha Cruz of Corpus Christi, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
Three passengers in the Jeep \u2014 63-year-old Sara Cruz, 64-year-old Sonia Montes and 61-year-old Sallie Montes \u2014 were also pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Precinct 8 Judge Leslie Pullin.<\/p>\n
A fifth occupant of the Jeep, identified as 68-year-old Ruben Cruz, was flown by HALO-Flight to CHRISTUS Spohn Shoreline. Authorities said he later died from his injuries at the hospital.<\/p>\n
The intersection remained an active investigation Saturday as Texas Highway Patrol troopers from the Sinton office worked to determine the full circumstances surrounding the crash.<\/p>\n
No additional information has been released, and the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five people were killed after a Jeep Grand Cherokee and Toyota Tundra collided Saturday morning at the intersection…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-378353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}