Juan Torres Killed, Brittany Esquivel Injured in Taylor County Two-Vehicle Crash on US Highway 84

Taylor County, Texas (October 4, 2022) – One person was killed and another was injured Sunday evening in a fiery two-vehicle crash in Taylor County, according to the Texas DPS.

The fatal crash happened on October 2, on US Highway 84, just half a mile north of Lawn.

DPS said Juan Lucio Torres, 75, of Lawn, was stopped in the inside southbound lane of the highway without lights activated on his pickup truck. Brittany Amber Esquivel of Pflugerville was driving southbound in the inside lane approaching Torres’ truck. Esquivel did not see the Torres’ truck and rear-ended it.

The collision caused both Torres’ truck and Esquivel’s car to catch fire.

Torres was pronounced dead at the scene. Esquivel was taken to Hendrick Medical Center with incapacitating injuries.

The troopers are investigating the crash.

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