20-year-old Hanks High grad dies in car-semi crash in far east El Paso
UPDATE: Relatives on Sunday identified 20-year-old Rashon Peterson as the victim of Friday night's deadly crash in far east El Paso.
The family said Peterson was a passenger in a car that was struck by a semi-truck.
Peterson was a Hanks High School graduate. A GoFundMe account was set up to help the family with his funeral expenses.
ORIGINAL REPORT: EL PASO, Texas -- A deadly crash resulted in the closure of a stretch of North Zaragoza Road amid ongoing rain downpours Friday night.
The fatal collision occurred around 10 p.m. on Zaragoza at Rich Beam Boulevard. The road was also blocked off to traffic at Pebble Hills.
Traffic investigators were summoned to the scene on Zaragoza, but no further details were immediately available.
The deadly wreck happened on a night that saw multiple crashes due to rain-slicked roads across the El Paso metro, including a couple that disrupted motorists along Interstate 10.
The National Weather Service estimated anywhere from a half-inch to 1.5 inches of rain fell across the Borderland.
