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Walker struck, killed in accident

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A woman was killed Tuesday after she was struck by a vehicle in an auto-pedestrian accident. Authorities with the Laguna Vista Police Department on Tuesday responded to a one-car accident on Farm to Market Road 510 in which a vehicle swerved and hit a female pedestrian who was walking …

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UPDATE: Schlitterbahn employee injured in accident dies

By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Life support was terminated over the weekend for Nicolas “Nico” Benavides, the 20-year-old Schlitterbahn Waterpark employee who was declared brain dead Saturday evening after suffering severe head injuries due to a work-related incident on Wednesday. Benavides began working at the South Padre Island waterpark approximately five weeks …

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Waterpark employee remains critical

By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Nicolas “Nico” Benavidez, the 20-year-old seasonal employee who had been working for Schlitterbahn Waterpark on South Padre Island for only five weeks when he sustained serious, work-related head injuries on Wednesday, March 6, is listed in critical condition at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen as of …

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