CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — DPS is investigating a crash that took the life of a 10-year-old, killed a 72-year-old woman and critically injured another child.
The crash happened Tuesday night just after 10 p.m. in Jim Wells County.
DPS officials said a tractor trailer was heading north on U.S. Route 281 in the outside lane. That's win an SUV heading east on County Road 116 failed to yield right-of-way at the stop intersection, crashing into the tractor trailer.
Yolanda Gaona, who was driving the SUV, was brought to Corpus Christi where she died of her injuries Thursday morning. A 10-year-old child was pronounced dead at the scene Tuesday night, and a third child was also brought to a hospital in Corpus Christi, but there is no update on their condition.
DPS is continuing their investigation.