Sunday, March 5, 2023

Same Sex Married Couple Killed In Two Vehicle Collision In La Salle County, One Female Victim Was An Off-duty U.S. Customs Border Patrol Agent Stationed In Laredo

The same sex married couple was heading to Florida when another man lost controlled on the highway and drove head on into their vehicle killing the female victims including himself.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

March 5, 2023

Laredo, Texas - On Saturday, both same sex married couple, Alexandra Martinez-Santos, 30, a Speech Language Pathologist at Doctors Hospital and Mayra Alejandra Santos, 33, an off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Laredo were headed to San Antonio when their vehicle, a Kia Sedan was struck head on just before 6:00 a.m. killing them in the crash. 

A unidentified male driver from Mission, Texas in a White Ford Taurus heading southbound on I-35 on mile marker 39 near Encinal lost control of his vehicle and drove across the grassy median striking the Santos' vehicle, which was heading northbound.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the Santos' vehicle rolled over on impact and caught fire while both victims were inside. Various people that stopped at the crash site attempted to extract both women from their vehicle, but were unsuccessful when the vehicle quickly became engulfed in flames.

The male driver of the Ford Taurus and the Santos couple died at the scene.

The accident occurred on I-35 northbound in LaSalle County near Encinal, Texas, according to DPS.

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