{"id":437799,"date":"2026-09-16T15:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/437799\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T15:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:06:35","slug":"dps-searching-for-driver-who-struck-two-pedestrians-killing-one-near-robstown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/437799\/","title":{"rendered":"DPS searching for driver who struck two pedestrians, killing one near Robstown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NUECES COUNTY, Texas \u2014 Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are searching for a driver accused of leaving the scene after striking two pedestrians in Nueces County, killing a 23-year-old Robstown woman.<\/p>\n<p>DPS said the crash happened Saturday, Sept. 12, on County Road 44, just west of FM 1684.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789571195_907_.jpeg\" alt=\"DPS searching for driver who struck 2 pedestrians, killing 1 near Robstown.jpg\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><\/p>\n<p>KRIS 6 News<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, a vehicle was traveling east on County Road 44 when it struck two pedestrians who were walking in the roadway. The driver then left the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Kimberly Varela, 23, of Robstown, suffered significant injuries and was taken to Christus Spohn Shoreline Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>An 18-year-old man from Corpus Christi who was also struck was treated at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers believe the vehicle involved is a white 2007 to 2013 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. Investigators said the truck is expected to have damage to its front end and a headlight.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the crash or the vehicle is asked to contact DPS Corpus Christi at 361-698-5600.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation by DPS troopers with the Corpus Christi Highway Patrol Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NUECES COUNTY, Texas \u2014 Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are searching for a driver accused of leaving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156,8077,6071,151705,5790,151706,10873],"class_list":["post-437799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-department-of-public-safety","tag-dps","tag-fatal-auto-pedestrian-crash","tag-nueces-county","tag-robstown-woman","tag-stephanie-molina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437799","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=437799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}