A 35-year-old San Juan woman turned herself in after realizing she was driving the suspect vehicle in a fatal auto-pedestrian crash after watching the news.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said Edith Yacibe Garza, 35, turned herself in to San Juan police at 12:19 a.m. Sunday.
DPS said Garza was the driver of a brown sport utility vehicle traveling westbound on Eldora Road which hit and killed 19-year-old Ofelia Merlene Proa.
Proa sustained major injuries and was transported to McAllen Medical Center, where she died.
According to DPS, that happened at 2:04 a.m. Saturday.
“Garza confessed she had been consuming alcoholic beverages the night of the auto-pedestrian crash,” DPS said in a news release.
Garza is charged with failure to stop and render aid, resulting in death.
