Pedro Perez Killed in Motorcycle Accident at Sierra Vista and Cuatro Vientos in Laredo
National Guardsman SPC Pedro Perez ID’d as Motorcyclist Killed in Laredo Crash at Sierra Vista Boulevard and Cuatro Vientos Boulevard
Laredo, Texas (July 17, 2022) – Laredo Police Department has identified the Texas National Guard soldier who was killed in a motorcycle accident last week on Friday night in Laredo.
Spc. Pedro Rolando Perez, 22, died in the crash that took place at around 9:00 p.m. on July 15 at the intersection of Sierra Vista Boulevard and Cuatro Vientos Boulevard.
Police said Perez, a resident of Plano, was riding a motorcycle southbound on Cuatro Vientos Boulevard while Edwin Antonion Olvera, 31, was driving a GMC Acadia eastbound on Sierra Vista Boulevard.
The GMC reportedly tried to travel eastbound across Cuatro Vientos. In the process, the GMC struck the motorcycle.
Perez died in the crash.
Olvera stopped at the scene and cooperated with the investigators. He was not impaired at the time of the accident.
No further details about the crash were immediately provided.
The crash remains under investigation.
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