HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A man accused in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pregnant mother made his first court appearence Saturday night.
Jose Sanchez is facing two charges. Gloria Guevara, 22, was killed in the crash. Guevara's passenger, her 16-year-old sister, was injured and remains in critical condition.
According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, Guevara died around 7:45 p.m. Thursday near Tidwell and C-E King after her Ford Mustang was struck from behind by a white truck, causing her to veer over a raised median and into oncoming traffic. That's when a Ford F-250 hauling a trailer struck her head-on. Investigators said the driver of the white truck that caused the initial crash kept going.
Court records show Sanchez is around 60 years old. He's been working in construct