On May 10, 2009 16-year-old Kara Taylor of Little Elm, TX was killed in a car accident on the Dallas North Tollway. The accident occurred just after midnight as Taylor's Mercury Mountaineer was struck by a Ford pikcup truck driven by 24-year-old Mariza Martinez. Martiniez was allegedly driving at a high rate of speed in the wrong direction on the Tollway.
Taylor was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital, and a passenger in her vehicle was hospitalized.
Unknown charges are pending against Martinez.