PETTUS, Tx — A Bee County woman died after being struck by a car near Pettus this weekend.
It happened around 10:42 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, one mile south of Pettus, Texas.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety Communications Officer Staff Sergeant Rob Mallory, 42-year-old Mary Perez, of Pettus, was walking southbound along the shoulder of the northbound lanes when she ran across the highway and was struck by a BMW 340I traveling southbound in the inside lane.
The BMW quickly came to a stop on the shoulder of the roadway. The driver of the BMW was identified as a 77-year-old man from Tuleta, Texas.
Perez died at the scene.
State troopers from the Beeville Highway Patrol Office are investigating the crash.
