Driver identified in Monday night fatal crash on SH 34
August 2, 2023
Monday night at approximately 10:14, Hunt County Sheriff’s Dispatch, Texas Department of Public Safety Dispatch and AMR Hunt County Dispatch were notified of a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of SH. 34 and FM. 3427 in unincorporated Wolfe City area of Hunt County. Hunt County Sheriff’s Deputies, DPS Troopers, Wolfe City Fire, Celeste Rescue and an AMR Hunt County Ambulance responded to the reported location.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has identified the sole occupant of the vehicle as 35-year-old Gustavo Ramirez of Royse City.
A preliminary investigation from DPS Troopers indicates that a 2009 Jeep Compass was traveling eastbound on F.M. 3427. The Jeep was being operated at an unsafe speed and disregarded the stop sign at the intersection of S.H. 34. The Jeep then drove across S.H. 34 where it left the pavement, overcorrected and struck a pipe fence. Ramirez, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the Jeep Compass. He was pronounced deceased by a Hunt County Justice of the Peace. The investigation is ongoing and no further information is currently available.