Juan Lopez and Luis Zamora Killed, Laura Archuleta Critically Injured in Reeves County Two-Vehicle Crash on State Highway 71 near I-20

Juan Lopez and Luis Zamora Killed, Laura Archuleta Critically Injured in Head-On Crash on SH 71 in Reeves County

Reeves County, Texas – Two people were killed and another was critically injured Thursday night in a head-on collision in Reeves County, according to the Texas DPS.    

The fatal crash happened around 8:15 p.m., April 4, on State Highway 17, about two miles south of Interstate 20.

DPS said a Ford F-150 was traveling northbound on the highway and was attempting to pass a semi-truck when it failed to pass to the left safely and crashed head-on into a southbound GMC Sierra.

The Sierra driver, 22-year-old Juan Elisandro Lopez, of Rio Grande City, and a passenger, 40-year-old Luis Carlos Zamora, also of Rio Grande City, were both pronounced dead at the scene. Zamora was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

Archuleta was taken to a Lubbock hospital in critical condition.

The DPS troopers are investigating the crash.

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