Child killed, woman injured and driver Gustavo Muñoz, 72, arrested in pedestrian collision on Padre Island Highway in Brownsville, Texas
UPDATE: 72-year-old man charged in connection to fatal crash in Brownsville
Witnesses say a man driving a vehicle, identified as 72-year-old Gustavo Muñoz, veered off the road and struck a 29-year-old woman and her two-year-old son "who were walking on the shoulder of the road," according to the news release.
Man Charged for Deadly Auto-Pedestrian Accident
Seventy-two year old, Gustavo Munoz, is charged with criminal negligent homicide and aggravated assault.
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