Abilene car crash Roxanne Rivero Medina and James Henry Wheeler – Obituary
Roxanne Rivero Medina and James Henry Wheeler have been identified as the person killed in a fatal Abilene car crash that occurred on Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
Just after 9 p.m., police got many complaints reporting a 2011 Buick car speeding south in the wrong lane on US Highways 83/84.
Several vehicles avoided a collision, according to witnesses, but the sedan collided with a 2020 Ford SUV near Kirby Lake.
Both drivers perished.
The sedan’s driver, 96-year-old James Henry Wheeler of Abilene, has been recognized.
Roxanne Rivero Medina, 35, of Abilene, was identified as the driver of the second car.
Justice of the Peace Mike McAuliffe pronounced both drivers dead at the spot.