HARRIS COUNTY, TX — Vanessa Garcia was identified by police as the MacArthur High School student that was killed in a car accident on Friday, February 6th, 2015. News reports surrounding the accident said that it happened sometime Friday morning.
18-year-old Vanessa Garcia was killed when she was struck by a Nissan Titan pickup truck while she was walking in the 2200 block of Bertrand Street. Officials said that Garcia was walking from her bus stop when she was hit by the pickup truck.
Garcia was killed in the accident. The news made no mention of additional injuries.
The investigation is being handled by representatives from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
Scene of the Accident
View of the Road
Commentary:
The news said that the victim was struck after the pickup truck changed lanes rapidly. If true, then the driver of the pickup truck is probably going to faulted for the accident. Before any driver decides to make a turn, or change lanes, they have a duty to make sure the path or lane they are about to occupy is clear of cars, or people. If the driver failed to do this, even if the victim shouldn’t have been in the road, the driver is probably going to bear the lion’s share of the fault with this accident. Again, it depends on the accuracy of the news though.
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