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Officials said they were investigating a head-on wreck near Normangee Thursday night that killed a couple and their three young children from College Station.
Amy Wise, 28, of Centerville was driving a 2000 Ford pickup westbound on OSR when she crossed the center stripe and struck a 1994 Chevrolet pickup that was traveling eastbound head on, a Department of Public Safety official said. The wreck occurred just before 5 p.m. six miles east of Normangee in Madison County, the DPS official said.
Ismael Perez, 41, was driving the Chevrolet pickup and died at the scene, along with the other passengers in his vehicle: Minerva Perez, 37, Josefina Perez, 4, Celeste Perez, 5, and Jeanette Perez, 7, according to the DPS. Wise was transported to St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan with non incapacitating injuries, according to the DPS.
The adults in the Chevrolet pickup were wearing their seatbelts; the children and Wise were not, according to the DPS.
The DPS official didn’t know what caused Wise to cross the center stripe.
Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Lew Plotts Jr., who declared the family dead at the scene, said firefighters had to use a jaws of life to extract them from their vehicle.
“I just know it was a terrible accident,” Plotts said, adding that the vehicles were "welded" together.
Services have been set for 6 p.m. Monday at Templo Sulamita. Arrangements are being handled by Hillier Funeral Home.
The below map shows police calls reported by the College Station Police Department each day from 6 a.m. to 6 a.m. (indicated by blue markers), police calls reported by the Bryan Police Department daily from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (indicated by yellow markers), as well as incidents reported by The Eagle in Bryan, College Station and surrounding areas (indicated by red markers). Click on individual incidents or markers for details.
Editor's Note: The Eagle has produced this map based on information provided by the College Station and Bryan Police Departments. The map does not include all calls for service and the information is preliminary. Data provided by the police department may not accurately reflect the nature of the calls, and the status of reported incidents may change after further investigation. Locations are approximate.
