Texas 71 crash victims memoralized
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Friends and family of Lake Travis High School senior Santiago Vega and his mother, Cynthia Ann Vega, share their sorrow Thursday morning, Dec. 1. The mother and son lost their lives Monday, Nov. 28, in a traffic accident on Texas 71 east of Spicewood where the informal memorial was held. Find their obituary here at HighlanderNews.com under "Obits." http://bit.ly/2fQOEdr
By Glynis Crawford Smith
The Highlander
The two victims who died in the crash on Texas 71 east of Spicewood Monday, Nov. 28, were Cynthia Ann Vega, age 46, and her son, Santiago Vega, age 17, both from Marble Falls.
A funeral service will be held for the mother and son at Celements-Wilcox Funeral Home in Marble Falls Friday, Dec. 2, at 4 p.m., followed by a rosary service at 6 p.m. On Thursday, however, friends and family gathered at the site of the crash to memorialize them. Balloons were released into the skies over the rolling hills where they died.
Unable to attend was Justino Rodriguez, age 50 and also of Marble Falls, who was a passenger with the Vegas.
He was airlifted from the scene Monday and remains in University Medical Center Brackenridge, as does Bala Chandra Sekhar Gutti, 29, of Richardson, driver of the 2015 Subaru that first collided with the Vegas' 2015 Ford Focus.
Both were listed in “Good” condition on Tuesday, but a Vega family spokesperson said Thursday that Rodriguez might have to be returned to the ICU because of internal bleeding.
Uninjured was Lonnie Wade Jackson, 63, of Coleman. He was the driver of a 2012 Volvo truck tractor-trailer unit, the third vehicle involved in the horrific outcome when he was unable to avoid the Vega's car spinning into his path.
