87-Year-Old Man Injured In Crash May 3 Has Died
An 87-year-old man who was injured in a traffic crash on May 3 has died.
Zeferino Marquez, of the 11700 block of Flor Del Sol, was the front seat passenger in a 1993 Ford Taurus being driven by Jorge Garcia-Lemus when it was involved in a traffic collision on I-10 West near mile-marker 22 at 7:40 a.m. May 3.
Garcia-Lemus swerved to miss another vehicle and lost control of the Taurus, causing it to slide across five lanes of traffic and collide with the raised center median. The impact caused the vehicle to flip onto its roof.
Marquez initially received a severed thumb and complained of pain to his back and legs.
Garcia-Lemus complained of pain to his back and both men were transported to UMC from the scene of the collision.
Marquez and Garcia-Lemus were both wearing their seatbelts. Speed and alcohol are not believed to be factors in this collision. This is the city’s 26th traffic-related fatality.
