HARLINGEN, TX, (Aug. 14, 2026) – Authorities identified a 25-year-old Penitas man killed in a wrong-way crash Friday night in Harlingen.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Jonathan Tellez-Sosa was driving a Ford Fusion when it collided with a Chevrolet Malibu traveling north in the wrong lane at approximately 9:26 p.m. on Texan Road, south of Freedom Avenue and north of Palmview. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the Malibu, a 19-year-old Mission woman, was also pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Malibu, identified only as male, was hospitalized in critical condition.
