Freestone County, Texas Obits Baylor University's college newspaper - The Lariat - Oct. 31, 2006 edition Freshman loses life in highway accident Oct. 31, 2006 By CHRISTINE M. TAMER Staff writer Livingston freshman Katie Moseley was killed in a two-vehicle, head-on collision at 7:40 p.m. Sunday on U.S. Highway 164, said Baylor Police Chief Jim Doak. The accident occurred five miles northwest of Buffalo in Freestone County. Moseley was driving from Livingston to Waco, Doak said. "Apparently (the other) vehicle veered into the lane of traffic where Katie was driving," Doak said. "They were killed upon impact." The driver of the other vehicle, Alberto Ortiz, 20, died from blunt force injuries and his passenger, Esger Montano, 17, also died of blunt force injuries with a laceration to the heart, said a representative of the Texas Highway Patrol Troopers. As of Monday evening Moseley's cause of death could not be confirmed and an autopsy is forthcoming. Moseley was on the phone with her boyfriend, Sam Houston State University student Alex Garcia, at the time of the crash Birkeneder said. "Katie's boyfriend texted Rebecca because he heard her scream and thought there was a crash and her phone died," she said. "Katie and her boyfriend were so close. She always told me stories about him." San Antonio freshman Christina Birkeneder said she was close friends with Moseley. "Katie and I would talk all the time in her room," Birkeneder said. "She was very, very bubbly. I never saw her mad." Birkeneder said her best friend, San Antonio freshman Rebecca Dalton, was Moseley's roommate at North Russell Residence Hall. Angleton freshman Brittani Purnell, who also lives in North Russell described Moseley as being "so happy." "She was enjoying what she did no matter what the circumstance," Purnell said. "She always worked hard and never gave up. I thought she was one of the sweetest and funnest girls. She had more morals and dedication than anyone I have met in a long time." Moseley recently got a job at Champs Sports, Birkeneder said. "She told Champs she was not going to work when there were Baylor football games," Birkeneder said. Will Holder, a Livington fresman at the University of Texas, said he went to vacation bible school with Moseley in Livingston. "Katie was a the kind of person that you never saw without a smile on her face, and I never saw anyone around her without a smile on their's," Holder said. "When she was with you, her personality was so bright it would light up the entire room. She was always cracking jokes and laughing. There was never a dull moment around her." Holder also said he played soccer with Moseley's boyfriend. "They were great for each other. He was a wonderful friend and person, and I don't think anyone could ask for a more dependable friend." Holder said it is still hard to believe Moseley is gone. "I don't think it has sunk in yet actually," he said. "However, to know that we will not get to see her smile and hear her voice again, is something that doesn't come with ease. I have talked to so many people today about what happened, and I have told the story multiple times. Yet I am not sure if I believe it myself." Holder said he knows that Moseley is in a better place. "She is in a place where she has no worries, no pain - just love, which was all she ever gave down here," he said. Holder said many of his friends asked him, "Why did God take such an amazing person from this earth, when there are so many bad people here that he could have taken instead?" "My answer remains the same," Holder said. "God needed her for something a whole lot more important and special in Heaven. She was an angel here to everyone that knew her, and I am sure that is exactly why God decided to take her now." In an e-mail to the Baylor community President John M. Lilley said, "The entire Baylor community is shocked and saddened by this terrible tragedy and our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Katie. Our faculty and staff are reaching out to minister to students during this time of profound grief." Lilley invited the entire Baylor family to join him in praying for everyone who was touched by Moseley's life. "I want everyone to rememeber how wonderful and amazing of a person she was," Holder said. "She will be missed." As of Monday evening, funeral arrangements for Moseley were still pending. ======================================================== KWTX - Mon, 30 Oct 2006 Baylor Student Dies In Fiery Crash (October 30, 2006) Baylor University student Katie Moseley, 18, of Livingston, died overnight in a fiery two-vehicle crash east of Waco. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the crash happened Sunday night on State Highway 164, just northwest of Buffalo in Freestone County. Troopers say a car driven by 20-year-old Alberto Ortiz of Teague was eastbound when the car veered into the oncoming lane and slammed into the Baylor freshman’s car. Ortiz was killed, along with his 17-year-old passenger, 17-year-old Esger Montano of Buffalo.