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Victim identified in fatal crash on Highway 77

Authorities said rainy weather conditions and speed are believed to have been the main factors in the crash.

ROBSTOWN, Texas — The Robstown Police Department said 21-year-old Nicholas Tovar of Corpus Christi was killed in a crash involving an 18-wheeler Wednesday morning on Highway 77 near County Road 44.

It happened around 2 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities said rainy weather conditions and speed are believed to have been the main factors in the crash.

The Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office said Tovar died from blunt force trauma. The accident is still under investigation.

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