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One dead, one arrested after crash in Bryan

Posted at 8:26 AM, Oct 18, 2016
and last updated 2016-10-18 09:54:30-04

A Brazos Valley man was arrested after a head-on crash left a woman dead in Bryan Monday night.

According to the Bryan Police Department, 46-year-old Robert Spurger, of Bryan, was driving his Ford F-150 the wrong way down an exit ramp on Highway six near Tabor road when the pickup collided head on with Jeep Compass around 8:30pm. Bryan PD says Spurger was arrested for intoxication manslaughter and transported to St. Joseph Hospital.

The driver of the Jeep Compass, 53-year-old Maria Canelaria Ramirez, also of Bryan, died while being transported to St. Joseph Hospital.

Northbound and southbound lanes of highway six were closed for several hours following the crash.

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