As Christmas Eve arrives and New Year’s Eve celebrations loom, Fort Bend County residents are being urged to pause, plan ahead, and prioritize safety on the roads following a devastating crash on South Highway 99 that has left a family shattered and a community grieving.
According to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched around 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 20, to a major crash in the 11400 block of South Highway 99, just past FM 1464 toward West Airport Boulevard. Preliminary information indicates a family of four from Harris County was traveling northbound when their vehicle was struck head-on by another driver traveling southbound in the northbound lanes.
An adult female, 27-year-old Lizbeth Rodriguez Contreras, and a 5-year-old child, Camila Pena, were pronounced deceased at the scene. The father, 26-year-old Diego Pena Jr., and a 3-year-old child were transported by air ambulance to a local hospital. Pena Jr. later died from his injuries. The 3-year-old child remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition…