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<\/a>Ricardo Licea and Jesus Rodriguez were arrested after a teenage pedestrian was struck and killed during an alleged street race on N. Lexington Boulevard.<\/p>\n\nTwo vehicles were allegedly racing on Lexington Boulevard shortly after 8 p.m. Both vehicles turned south and continued racing in the 1600 block of N. Lexington Boulevard. Consequently, one of the vehicles struck the pedestrian.<\/p>\n
\nA 14-year-old victim received medical aid at the scene. The teenager died from injuries at an area hospital.<\/p>\n
\nTwo suspects, Ricardo Licea, 19, and Jesus Rodriguez, 18, were arrested in connection with the crash. Both face charges of racing causing death, a second-degree felony.<\/p>\n
\nThe collision remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
CRASH INVESTIGATION<\/p>\n
Street racing accidents in the U.S. have risen in recent years, with young drivers most often involved. Many crashes occur in urban areas at extreme speeds, often exceeding 100 mph. Fatalities are common, especially when multiple vehicles are racing or when pedestrians are nearby. <\/p>\n
“Despite enforcement efforts, social media continues to fuel participation and event coordination,” said Candice Bond, a Managing Partner with Bond Legal. <\/p>\n
\u201cAn accident reconstruction team is sometimes needed to help piece together what happened. All of these resources are necessary for helping clients receive monetary compensation for damages or a loss following a collision,\u201d said Bond, an experienced auto accident attorney.<\/p>\n
WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIM<\/p>\n
Pending the investigation, the family of a victim could pursue a wrongful death claim. Family members of wrongful death victims may seek damages for loss of companionship, pain and suffering, and emotional distress following a tragic or catastrophic accident such as this.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe stress and sorrow can be extremely overwhelming after losing a loved one in an accident,\u201d said Stefano Formica, of counsel at Bond Legal. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe understand just what families must go through, and protecting their rights is vital. A wrongful death lawyer will stay updated on the official investigation and help ensure that their legal rights and best interests are protected.\u201d<\/p>\n
(This report is based on verified data – learn more on our About Us<\/a> page.)<\/p>\n If your loved one has been killed by a hit-and-run driver and would like a no-cost consultation, please contact our national legal analysts Candice Bond and Stefano Formica today.<\/p>\n (Candice Bond, Managing Partner, and Stefano Formica, Of Counsel, at Bond Legal, are the national legal analysts for The Legal Advocate. The Legal Advocate can and does use quotes from prior interviews with our analysts for our news articles. If you would like to contact Bond Legal to help you, please call 866-599-0297<\/a> or use the submission box found on this page. Legal analysts quoted may or may not be licensed in your state).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tragic collision was Nov. 5 on N. Lexington Boulevard CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, (November 05, 2025) – The Corpus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-40946","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\/40946","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=40946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}