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An 18-year-old Edinburg man was arrested June 7 after he failed to render aid to a woman he hit with his vehicle on FM 2812 where she later died of her injuries.
Cruz Fabian Bazan hit Helena Liliana Vaquera Pena, 22, with his gray 2014 Jeep Wrangler on April 6 after she ran across the roadway and failed to yield to traffic, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Bazan was charged with accident involving death.
At about 6:40 a.m., a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper responded to an auto-pedestrian crash on FM 2812 and Cesar Chavez Road outside the city of Edinburg.
A probable cause affidavit states that the trooper was informed over the radio that Vaquera was deceased.
Her dad later identified her body.
“It was determined that, Ms. Helena Liliana Vaquera Pena ran across the roadway failing to yield to the right of way to motorists and was struck,” the affidavit said. “The driver fled the scene and failed to provide medical attention/aid to Ms. Vaquera, who died as a result of her injuries.”
Bazan’s mother, Aurora Bazan, would later call police to say that her son was involved in the fatal crash. His vehicle was identified as a gray 2014 Jeep Wrangler.
During an interview with police, Bazan stated he was driving home from his girlfriend’s house and was traveling westbound on FM 2812 where he noticed someone on the north side of the road waving him down and yelling at him to stop.
“He stated that he did not stop or slow down because he feared for his life,” the affidavit said.
According to Bazan, he got distracted by the person waving him down and took his eyes off the road for a moment and when he refocused his attention, Bazan saw someone in his lane wearing a green top and hit them.
Bazan said he got scared and drove away from the scene, eventually stopping in a neighborhood to check his Jeep and called his girlfriend to say he had hit a person, according to the affidavit.
He eventually made it home using the back roads.
Bazan was released from custody on a $5,000 bond the same day of his arrest.
