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Three killed in head-on crash in Hebbronville when truck hits ambulance

The accident happened before dawn Wednesday morning.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Three people died in a two-vehicle crash involving an ambulance in Hebbronville on Wednesday morning.

Troopers were dispatched to the accident site at around 4:59 a.m., said DPS Sgt. Erick Estrada, where a white 2016 GMC Sierra and a Victorious Care Ambulance -- a 2016 Chevrolet -- had been involved in an accident.

Estrada said the preliminary investigation indicates that the truck, driven by 27-year-old Roma resident Jaime Barrera Jr., was heading west on State Hwy. 16.

The ambulance was heading east, and the truck crossed in the ambulance's lane, hitting it head-on.

Barrera Jr., as well as the ambulance's driver, 66-year-old Zapata resident Andres Botello, and passenger 23-year-old Zapata resident Jose Guadalupe Cepeda Lara all were pronounced dead at the scene.

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