TikTok Star Gabriel Salazar Dead After Police Chase
Gabriel Salazar and three others have died after a police crash and fatal car crash in La Pryor, Texas on September 26.
Four people have died, including 19-year-old TikTok personality Gabriel Salazar, following a police chase. đ https://t.co/XpQrBvQArX pic.twitter.com/RjLv8IxzlC
— E! News (@enews) October 1, 2021
According to Zavala County Sheriffâs Office, a deputy overheard a Crystal City Police Department officer initiate a traffic stop to a white 2014 Chevrolet Camaro. When the driver didnât pull over, the officer then was in âactive pursuit of a white Chevy Camaro.â Salazar was the driver of the car.
The deputy attempted to deploy a âtire deflation deviseâ but was âunsuccessful.â The deputy later heard a CCPD officer say âthe vehicle had rolled over and that it was engulfed in flames.â
A statement from Texas Highway Patrol said Salazar had driven off the road and traveled across the roadway onto a ditch.
âThe vehicle struck some trees, rolled several times, and the vehicle caught fire,â said authorities.
Salazar and three others suffered injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene. Highway Patrol stated the three passengers were âMexican Nationals.â Their names were revealed to be Jose Luis Jimenez-Mora, 41, Jose Molina-Lara, 23, and Sergio Espinoza-Flores, 36.
The Sheriffâs Office statement said Homeland Security Investigations that âthree out of the four males that died as a result of the accident were identified as illegal immigrants from Mexico.”
Before his death, Salazar, TikTok name @gabenotbabe had 2.2 million followers.
A GoFundMe page for Salazarâs family has already raised more than $38,000.
The organizer of the page, Chris Vazquez, wrote, âI donât know whatâs real and whatâs not anymore, we couldnât believe it the moment we found out.â
âGabriel loved his family and was always horsing around with his sister and little brother,â Vasquez wrote, âHe was always there with a big hug and smile, and his family will never forget those warm moments. He was so funny with a quiet sense of humor and sarcasm.â
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