Lorenzo Saucedo ID’d as Victim in Fatal Port Arthur Crash on Texas 82

Port Arthur, Texas (June 19, 2019) – The person who was killed early Friday morning in a head-on collision in Port Arthur has been identified as Lorenzo Saucedo, 39, of Port Arthur, according to police.

The deadly crash was reported at around 4:00 a.m. Friday, June 14 in the 3500 block of Texas 82.

Police said a Nissan driven by Saucedo, was traveling on the roadway when for an unknown reason, it crossed over into the opposite lane and collided head-on with another vehicle. The force of the impact caused the Nissan to flip over.

Saucedo was pronounced dead at the scene. The occupants of the Ram truck sustained non-life threatening injuries and were taken to a local hospital.

The crash remains under investigation.