Fatal Crash Involving Elderly Couple
Aransas Pass Police Department
ARANSAS PASS (News Release) - Around 10:40 pm on Saturday, October 29, 2022, Aransas Pass Police Department (APPD) officers and medical first responders were on the scene of a major crash involving two vehicles. When officers arrived, they found 67-year-old Susan Ramstedt and 68-year-old John Burleigh deceased while still buckled in their seats.
The occupants of the other vehicle were outside the car and had non-life-threatening injuries.
Based on preliminary findings from APPD, it is believed the elderly couple’s vehicle failed to yield the right-of-way to the southbound highway traffic as they were crossing the highway on Oak Lane.
Their vehicle was t-boned causing the elderly couple’s vehicle to roll into the grassy median.
