Fatality Accident on Everhart

Corpus Christi Police Department

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (News Release) - On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 3:31pm, officers were dispatched to the area of Everhart and Cedar Pass reference to a major traffic crash with injuries. 

Officers arrived and located a four-vehicle crash. The at-fault male driver (40-years-old) of the crash was deceased on scene.  

Investigators with the Traffic Unit arrived to conduct their investigation. They found that for unknown reasons, the driver of a green SUV was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of travel at the 7200 block of Everhart. The green SUV struck a black pickup that was traveling south in the right lane. The green SUV then struck a blue SUV, which was also traveling southbound. This impact caused both the green SUV and the blue SUV to strike a maroon SUV that was also traveling southbound.  

Medics transported three children from inside of the green SUV and four children from inside of the blue SUV to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The adult female driver of the maroon SUV was transported to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The adult female driver of the blue SUV and the adult male driver of the black pickup were not injured. 

The roadway was shut down for approximately three hours while traffic investigators investigated the crash.