Teen injured in DWI wreck dies

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ
Managing Editor
editor@sbnewspaper.com

emergency-lightsLOS FRESNOS – One life is gone and another changed forever after a teenager involved in a car accident during Spring Break on the Island succumbed to his injuries Wednesday night.

Sixteen-year-old Alex Soto, a junior at Los Fresnos High School, died from injuries sustained in a DWI wreck at South Padre Island on March 15, according to Sergeant Johnny Hernandez of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Soto died at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, where he had been hospitalized since the accident.

The condition of a second person who was also hospitalized as a result of the wreck remained unclear as of presstime.

The accident occurred in the vicinity of Park Road 100 and Beach Access 6.

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