Rosa Trujillo Killed in Houston Crash on East Loop South Freeway

Houston, Texas – The woman who was killed Friday night in a crash involving an off-duty Houston police officer in Houston has been identified as Rosa Trujillo, 45, according to the police.

The deadly accident happened around 11:35 p.m., February 9, at 1500 East Loop South (East Interstate Highway 610).

Police said Trujillo was driving a silver Honda Accord northbound on the freeway, when, for unknown reasons, she failed to stay in a single lane and struck the elevated concrete on the freeway. The Honda continued and struck the off-duty Houston police officer’s white Chevrolet Tahoe which was providing traffic control with emergency lights activated inside a barricade of cones on the right shoulder of the freeway. The Honda then struck the concrete barrier and a utility trailer.

Trujillo was pronounced dead at the scene.

A male passenger in the Honda, 45, was transported to Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The police are investigating the crash.

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