Single car accident on US 281 leaves one dead

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Texas Department of Public Safety Public Information Officer Staff Seargent Rob Mallory confirmed that a single vehicle crash resulting in a fatality occurred on US 281 Northbound just North of State Highway 44.

Mallory says troopers were notified at 6:38 a.m. and arrived on scene to find a 2004 Chevrolet Corvette was traveling through a construction zone and failed to negotiate the right-hand curve in the roadway. The Corvette then went airborne and struck a concrete wall.

The driver sustained significant injuries because of the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 Judge Matthew Scmidt…

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