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Robert Ruiz (13) and Ariel Solis (15) died when their friend crashed into a brick wall
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Automobile Accident
Published: May 29, 2008 @ 12:00 PM
Robert Ruiz (13)
Date:
Apr 20, 2008
Cause of Death:
Automobile Accident
Location:
Austin, Texas
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Ariel Solis (15)
Date:
Apr 20, 2008
Cause of Death:
Automobile Accident
Location:
Austin, Texas
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Students and parents have been stopping by the crash site located near Avery Ranch Monday afternoon to remember the two teenagers who were killed here early Sunday morning after the car they were riding in slammed into a stone wall, taking out a 20 foot section.
They gathered in remembrance of Cedar Valley Middle School seventh-grader Robert Ruiz,13 . He and a 15-year-old Ariel Solis were killed in the wreck, according to Round Rock Independent School District. Seventeen-year-old Lloyd Hernandez is still hospitalized and listed in critical condition.
Police have now released that a 15-year-old Michael Tucker was driving the Chrysler Sebring without a license. They say he actually left the scene after the crash, and has been charged with failure to stop and render aid.
The crash occurred at 2:45 a.m. at the intersection of Loxley Lane and Avery Ranch Road in Williamson County.
All this has friends of the victims thinking twice about who is behind the wheel.
"He was popular. He touched a lot of people. everyone liked him," Chase Naylor said about his friend, Cedar Valley Middle School 7th grader Robert Ruiz. Round Rock district officials say grief counselors personally helped about 200 strudents at Cedar Valley deal with their emotions Monday.
Robert Anthony, who lives nearby, says for years the uninterrupted stretch of Avery Ranch Boulevard where the car left the road has been a favorite with drag racers and leadfoot drivers.
"I have seen a number of accidents out there," Anthony told us.
He says he and others in his neighborhood association have repeatedly raised red flags, telling the city that a red light, or at least a stop sign, was needed there.
"I think if they had put in a signal when we asked this accident probably never would have happened this way," he laments.
Police are still investigating the accident. Right now they believe speed was a factor, but that impairment was not.
As for the larger issue, detectives say they will let city engineers in charge of signage know about this latest accident. Robert Anthony and his neighbors can only hope that some kind of stop signal will go up before the next roadside memorial does.
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