59-year-old Chavez Veliz died Wednesday, November 27, 2019 in a car accident. Veliz was a passenger in a 2002 Dodge Ram which is believed to have been traveling at “an unsafe speed.”
Chavez Veliz was transported to UT Health-Tyler and was later pronounced dead.
According to a preliminary crash report, Oscar Alejandro Ibarra,18 of Nacogdoches, was driving a 2002 Dodge Ram at an unsafe speed for wet conditions when he approached a curve on Farm-To-Market Road 241.
The driver failed to negotiate the curve and left the roadway and struck a tree.
