Lidia Salgado Carranza Killed in NW Harris County Car Crash at Barker Cypress and Queenston

Harris County, Texas (October 4, 2023) – A woman was killed Tuesday afternoon in a crash involving a Cy-Fair ISD school bus in northwest Harris County, according to the authorities.

The fatal crash happened around 1:20 p.m., October 3, in the area of Barker Cypress and Queenston.

Authorities said Lidia Salgado Carranza, 26, was driving a small Nissan Rogue SUV when she exited from a private driveway and failed to yield the right of way. The Cy-Fair ISD school bus driver, Donna Hill, 64, reportedly tried to veer left to avoid the SUV but hit it.

Carranza was taken to Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital in critical condition, where she later died. She was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

Hill and three students on the bus were not seriously injured in the crash. A male student was treated at the scene for minor injuries and declined to be taken to the hospital.

The crash remains under investigation.

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