CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A major two-car accident shut down Hwy. 361, the main thoroughfare between Corpus Christi and Port Aransas, late Friday night.
26-year-old Aldair Antonio-Ramirez died in the crash and was identified July 5 by the Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office. Three others were taken to a local hospital with reportedly non-life-threatening injuries, said Corpus Christi Police Department Public Information Sr. Ofc. Jennifer Collier on Saturday.
The accident happened when one driver in the southbound lane tried to pass another in the 6100 block of State Hwy. 361, near the Port Royal Ocean Resort and Conference Center, and hit an oncoming driver in the northbound lane head-on.
The driver in the southbound lane died at the scene.
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