Basic Facts
Crash date: May 15, 2026
Crash location: 13200 block of West 42nd Street in West Odessa, TX
People involved:
- April Nuttall, 44
- Unidentified Toyota driver, 24
- Unidentified Toyota passenger, 21
Do authorities suspect alcohol played a role in this crash? Unknown
Did authorities recommend criminal charges? Unknown
Do authorities suspect a product defect caused the crash? Unknown
Accident Report
West Odessa, TX — May 15, 2026, April Nuttall was killed in a car accident at about 9:30 p.m. in the 13200 block of West 42nd Street.
A preliminary accident report indicates that a 2006 Toyota Prius was heading southwest when it hit a pedestrian near North Mark Twain Avenue.
The pedestrian, 44-year-old April Nuttall of Hobbs, NM, died from injuries suffered in the crash, according to the report.
The two people in the Toyota were not injured, the report states.
Authorities have not released any additional information about the Ector County crash at this time.
How Did This Accident Occur?
Was the area of the crash well lit? Was the pedestrian crossing the road, or walking alongside it? Could the Toyota driver have avoided this crash? These the kind of questions that authorities must try to answer as they investigate this accident.
Investigators will work to reconstruct the crash by gathering physical evidence, witness statements, data from the Toyota and any available video footage. Cell phone records could show what the driver was doing at the time of the crash.
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