EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 77-year-old woman was killed in a crash after she failed to yield the right of way while trying to make a lefthand turn and was hit by another vehicle earlier this week in El Paso’s Lower Valley, police said.
El Paso Police said that 77-year-old Norma Duarte was injured during a crash on Wednesday, Feb. 26 along the 9400 block of Alameda and died on Friday.
Police said the crash happened at about 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday when Duarte was traveling eastbound along the 9400 block of Alameda and tried to turn into the parking lot at Walmart.
She failed to yield the right of way and was hit by a vehicle traveling west on Alameda, police said.
Police at the time of the crash said another person was injured as well.
Failure to yield the right of way was a contributing cause in the crash, police said.
This is the eighth traffic fatality of 2025 compared to 10 at the same time last year.
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