Driver Killed After High-Speed Crash, Vehicle Fire in Castroville

CASTROVILLE, Texas — A 20-year-old man was killed early Sunday after his vehicle crashed into a tree and caught fire, according to the Castroville Police Department.

Officers responded around 3:08 a.m. April 26, 2026, to the 800 block of U.S. Highway 90 East following a report of a single-vehicle crash.

Prior to the crash, police said officers were alerted to a vehicle traveling westbound at a high rate of speed near a Walmart along Highway 90. Shortly after, Medina County dispatch received a call reporting a vehicle had struck a tree…

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