Karnes Co. TX - NEWS - Rhian Logan Hernandez

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Copyright 2003 Victoria Advocate Online (http://victoriaadvocate.com)

Nixon man is killed in one-car wreck

August 4, 2003

RUNGE - A 19-year-old Nixon man was killed north of Runge in a one-car 
wreck early Sunday morning. 

According to a Department of Public Safety report, Rhian Logan Hernandez 
of Nixon was northbound in a 1990 Pontiac Bonneville at 3:45 a.m. on 
Farm-to-Market Road 81. He drove off the right side of the road, struck four 
reflector posts and the concrete bridge just before Farm-to-Market Road 626, 
spun around and came to rest upright in the creek bottom facing west. The 
vehicle then burst into flames. It is unknown if Hernandez was wearing a seat belt.

Hernandez was declared dead at the scene by Gilbert Garza, Karnes County Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace.

Trooper Jaime Rios of Karnes City DPS investigated the wreck.