Hector Cervantes ID’d as Victim Killed in Interstate 45 Accident near FM 1960 in Harris County

Harris County, Texas (April 24, 2023) – The truck driver who died after being struck by a vehicle on Thursday morning in Harris County has been identified as Hector Cervantes.

The fatal crash happened at around 9:14 a.m. Thursday, April 20, in the 17000 block of North Interstate 45 near FM 1960.

According to the authorities, Cervantes parked his commercial truck-tractor and trailer in the right lane of the service road on North Interstate 45.  At the same time, a 2008 Hyundai Azera, driven by Gina Wilhoit, was traveling northbound on North Interstate 45.

Cervantes had just loaded a large industrial lift onto the back of his trailer and was securing it. He was standing on the side of the trailer near the back when Wilhoit swerved into the right lane where Cervantes’s truck trailer was.

Wilhoit drove onto the back of the trailer and slammed into the industrial lift and Cervantes, who was still standing on the back of the trailer.

Cervantes was pronounced dead at the scene.

Wilhoit was transported to Northwest Hospital in unknown condition.

It remains unclear whether intoxication or distracted played a role in the crash, which remains under investigation.

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