Alex Thomas
On July 2, 27-year-old Kelly Brooks was driving the wrong way on Highway 191 in Midland, Texas, when she smashed into a truck. The head on collision left five dead, including Brooks and her two children, 6-year-old Kayden Pitts and 6-month-old Bailey Gonzalez. Both of the men in the truck, Nguon ‘Hong’ Taing, 40, and Augustin Esquivel, 41, were killed. According to a GoFundMe set up by the family to pay for Kayden’s funeral, she was only three days from her seventh birthday.
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The Odessa American reported that the crash occurred on Sunday evening, and a 911 caller told dispatchers that they saw Brooks’ Nissan Maxima turning the wrong way onto the highway. All five of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Initially, police speculated that alcohol may have been a contributing factor in the crash. On Thursday, the Midland Police Department stated that the returned toxicology report showed that Brooks had a blood alcohol content of .278, which is over three times the legal limit. According to the CDC, an average of 28 people die each day as a result of vehicle crashes involving alcohol-impaired drivers.
