Three friends die in head-on collision with 18-wheeler
Three young friends were killed when they crashed into an 18-wheeler head on. The car, which contained a total of four people, was driving on Highway 181 in Wilson County, Texas, at 3:25 a.m. Sunday morning, June 7th,. The car drifted into oncoming traffic where it then struck an H-E-B big rig. Officers arrived on the scene and found the car in two pieces.
All four of the individuals in the car were thrown from the vehicle. The accident was so severe that the police have not been able to determine who was driving the car or whether the occupants were wearing seatbelts.
Three of the friends died from their injuries, while the fourth survived with critical injuries. The deceased were 20-year-old Kara Denkewalter, 20-year-old Priscilla Montoya and 18-year-old Orlando Brown.
The survivor is 21-year-old Hector Escuada. Escuada has not yet regained consciousness and remains in the intensive care unit at University Hospital.
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