Police identify woman killed in Wellborn Road crash

(KBTX)
Published: Jul. 22, 2019 at 8:41 AM CDT

Bryan Police have released the name of the woman killed in a vehicle crash Sunday night.

The driver has been identified as Maria Isabel Villarreal, 20, from Waco.

At 7:15 p.m., officers responded to the 3600 block of Wellborn Road for a major accident. Investigators say a MINI Cooper was traveling northbound in the outside lane. They believe the vehicle veered across both northbound and southbound lanes of traffic before hitting a tree.

Villarreal was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say she was not wearing a seatbelt.

The passenger was taken to CHI St. Joseph Hospital and has been treated and released.