Basic Facts

Crash date: September 12, 2026

Crash location: U.S. Highway 62 southwest of County Road 670 in Terry County, Texas

People involved:

  • Unidentified woman, 20
  • Rodrigo Lopez, 38
  • Breanna Cobbs, 32

Do authorities suspect alcohol played a role in this crash? unknown

Are there any charges or citations? unknown

Do authorities suspect a product defect caused the crash? unknown

Accident Report

September 12, 2026, one person was killed and Rodrigo Lopez and Breanna Cobbs were injured in a wrong-way car accident at about 3:30 a.m. on U.S. 62.

According to authorities, 38-year-old Rodrigo Lopez and 32-year-old Breanna Cobbs were traveling in a southwestbound Ford F-150 pickup truck on U.S. Highway 62 in the vicinity southwest of County Road 670 when the accident took place. Officials indicate that, for as yet unknown reasons, a northeastbound Chevrolet Trax occupied by a 20-year-old woman was traveling in the southwestbound lanes of the highway. Due to the wrong-way situation, a head-on collision occurred between the Trax and the pickup truck. The Trax apparently caught on fire as a result of the crash.

The woman from the Trax—who had reportedly sustained fatal injuries over the course of the accident—was declared deceased at the scene. Lopez suffered serious injuries and Cobbs received minor injuries, as well, according to reports. They were each transported to an area medical facility by EMS in order to receive necessary treatment. Additional details pertaining to this incident are not available at this point in time. The investigation is currently ongoing.

How Did This Accident Occur?

Over the last three decades of my career, I’ve had the opportunity to analyze plenty of wrong-way car accidents. Of all the wrong-way car accident investigations that I’ve been a part of, nearly all of them involved someone who was extremely intoxicated. Accidents like this one tend to set off warning bells in my head for the possibility that the wrong-way driver had been overserved at an establishment that sells alcohol—such as a bar or a club, for example. If that does turn out to have happened here, that means that the alcohol provider holds a portion of the responsibility for the outcome of the wreck. You might be wondering, so what? What can be done about it?

That is where Dram Shop Law comes in. It is a lesser-known tool that allows for establishments to be held accountable for the parts they play in accidents caused by their overserved customers in which someone is seriously hurt or killed. To be clear, that does not mitigate the role the wrong-way driver played in making the decision to get behind the wheel of a vehicle in that condition; it simply ensures that everyone who had a hand in the outcome is held accountable.

I want to reiterate: I don’t have more information about this specific accident than is already available to the public. I’m simply stating a hypothetical based on past experience with wrong-way car accidents. Hopefully investigators—whether the authorities or a third party—get to the bottom of it.

Would you be willing to share any thoughts and/or opinions about this accident? Be sure to leave them in a comment below. Also, feel free to let me know what you think of my assessment and suggestions.

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