The Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the two people killed in Friday’s four-car crash on Highway 361 as Roberto “Robert” Lopez, 55, and Karen Lopez, 46.
Three people have now died on the highway in a single week.
According to a public fundraiser page set up by Andrea Bell, who identified herself as the couple’s oldest daughter, Robert and Karen Lopez were husband and wife, Marine Corps veterans and parents of six children. The youngest is 13.
Couple killed in Highway 361 crash identified; lawmakers to meet with TxDOT this week
The fundraiser page states the couple was on their way to pick up their son after his first week of high school when the crash occurred…