Margarito Pompa III, 32, killed in pedestrian collision on U.S. Expressway 83 Frontage Road in Weslaco, Texas
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Preliminary investigation uncovered that Pompa, according to police, had turned his truck around in a direction facing oncoming traffic and attempted to move “the cushions and sofa off the traffic lane to avoid a vehicle crashing into them.” That’s when a vehicle driven by 29-year-old Alejandro Martinez struck Pompa.
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