Roxanne Palacios pleads guilty in deadly Harbor Bridge wrong-way crash

Roxanne Palacios has pleaded guilty to all charges stemming from a wrong-way crash on the Harbor Bridge in November 2022 that claimed two lives and seriously injured another driver.

Palacios was indicted on two counts of intoxication manslaughter and one count of intoxication assault for the incident that occurred on November 2, 2022. The crash resulted in the deaths of San Patricio County dispatcher Betsy Mandujano and Navy Veteran Mathew Banda.

She was sentenced to seven years on each count to run concurrently and with credit for time served by 148th District Court Judge David Klein after the Nueces County District Attorney’s Office asked Klein to approve a plea deal…

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