EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — One person is dead after a crash in Edinburg involving an 18-wheeler, police said.
Shortly before 9 p.m., officers with the Edinburg Police Department responded to a major accident near northbound frontage road and E. Rogers Road.
Upon arrival, they saw that a beige Chrysler minivan struck the rear side of an 18-wheeler that was traveling north on Frontage Road, a news release stated.
The minivan was heavily damaged and the driver was transported to Doctors Hospital at Renaissance with major injuries, authorities said.
On Tuesday morning, Edinburg police announced that the driver of the minivan, identified as 25-year-old Edinburg resident, Daniel Laureano, died of his injuries.
The driver of the 18-wheeler was unharmed and cooperated with police. The case remains under investigation.
