KERRVILLE, Texas — A third person injured when a drag racer veered into a crowd and crashed during aRebecca Cedillo, 46, of Converse, a San Antonio suburb, died at University Hospital in San Antonio, Kerrville police Sgt. Jonathan Lamb said.Saturday at Kerrville-Kerr County Airport, but police were withholding their names.
The crash happened as the driver, Michael Gonzales, was racing his 1990 Ford Mustang and began to lose control halfway down the 1/8-mile track laid out on one of the airport runways, police said. The car started to fishtail before sliding out of control off the runway and into a grassy area from which spectators were watching.
When you live in a state that shuns common sense safety regulations because Republicans are corrupted by business interests, this is the expected result.