Amairany Flores Killed, Aidee Patino and Alan Valenzuela Injured in Ector County Four-Vehicle Crash on FM 2020

Ector County, Texas (February 9, 2022) – One person was killed, and two others were injured early Sunday morning in a multi-vehicle crash in Ector County, according to the authorities.

The fatal crash occurred around 2:20 a.m., February 6, on FM 2020.

Authorities said a vehicle driven by Aidee Patino, 44, of Odessa, was heading eastbound, while another vehicle driven by 58-year-old Socorro Mendoza of Pecos was also traveling eastbound.

23-year-old Amairany Flores was driving westbound, while 30-year-old Kirsten Myers of Odessa was also driving westbound.

Patino then struck Mendoza, crossed into the westbound lane, and crashed into Flores and Myers.

Flores was killed in the crash. Patino and a passenger in the vehicle driven by Flores, 24-year-old Alan Valenzuela, were taken to Medical Center Hospital in Odessa with serious injuries.

The crash remains under investigation.

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