Texas Department of Public Safety press release
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (DPS) is investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash that occurred on March 27, 2024, at approximately 8:04 pm on Interstate Highway (IH) 35, approximately one mile north of Artesia Wells.
Preliminary investigation revealed a Ford Fusion passenger car evaded law enforcement traveling north on IH 35 when the driver lost control and rolled over ejecting two unidentified passengers.
The driver, Timothy Dwaine Livingston 46, of Del Rio, Texas, sustained incapacitating injuries and was transported to the hospital. Livingston, at a later time, was released from the hospital, arrested and charged with Human Smuggling causing death, and booked into the La Salle County Jail.
The identities of the deceased will be released once next of kin is notified. DPS is still investigating the fatal crash.