San Benito woman admits to fatal Harlingen crash that killed La Feria man

A San Benito woman on Monday pleaded guilty to a fatal crash in Harlingen that killed an 83-year-old La Feria man.

Maria Rodriguez Muniz pleaded guilty to a charge of collision involving death for the Oct. 15, 2023 crash that killed Loyal Clark Temple, court records show.

She admitted to the lesser charge in a two-count indictment that had also charged her with criminal negligent homicide.

Temple was killed while riding his motorcycle at around 8:20 a.m. that day on Business 83 west of Bass Boulevard.

The Texas Department of Public Safety initially said Clark, who was driving a white 2006 Honda tri-motorcycle, veered to the right side of the road for unknown reasons before driving into a parking lot where he hit a tree.

During the investigation, DPS recovered surveillance video that showed a black Nissan Rogue that had contributed to the crash.

“The Nissan attempted to make a left turn onto Karr Avenue and drove onto the inside lane of the eastbound lanes of travel,” DPS said at the time.

Temple died trying to avoid Muniz, who was driving the Nissan.

A sentencing hearing is scheduled for early February.

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