Alexcia Tarwater-Enns Injured in Fatal Crash on State Highway 158 in Midland
Alexcia Tarwater-Enns Seriously Injured in Midland Crash on State Highway 158 and Tom Craddick Highway
Midland County, Texas (June 4, 2022) – Alexcia Tarwater-Enns, 23, of Seminole, was seriously injured after being involved in a deadly crash Friday afternoon near Midland.
The wreck happened shortly before 4:50 p.m. Friday, June 3, at State Highway 158 and the Tom Craddick Highway, approximately 6 miles west of Midland.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Diego Jay Cota, 23, of Artesia, New Mexico, was driving a Hyundai Santa Fe on a service road of the Tom Craddick Highway when he failed to yield at the stop intersection.
Cota’s Santa Fe was then hit by a Jeep Grand Cherokee that was traveling on State Highway 158.
Cota died at the scene.
Tarwater-Enns, who was the driver of the Grand Cherokee, was taken to Midland Memorial Hospital with serious injuries.
Two passengers in the Grand Cherokee, a woman and a 3-year-old child, also from Seminole, were taken to Midland Memorial Hospital, where they are in stable condition.
Further details regarding the collision were immediately provided.
The accident remains under investigation.
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