A high-speed crash on a Texas highway claimed the lives of a mother and daughter, with the driver pointing to his fear of being late for work as the reason behind his reckless driving, authorities said. According to FOX San Antonio, Larry James Korus, 40, was booked into Bexar County Jail on two counts of manslaughter after driving at speeds of up to 120 mph along State Highway 16 South, leading to the fatal collision that killed 40-year-old Julie Perry and her 64-year-old mother Linda.
Tragedy struck near Smith Road in Far South Bexar County around 6 p.m. on Monday, November 27, when Korus, driving a Lexus, crashed into Perry's vehicle, which was launched into the air and flipped multiple times. When behind the wheel, still reeling from the loss of his wife in a similar crash earlier this year on the same stretch of road, Korus showed negligence by driving at a lethal speed, purportedly in a bid not to be late for work, stated Sheriff Javier Salazar. "I don't doubt for a minute he was completely torn up by having lost his wife in March as a result of a high-speed crash, and yet he had zero issue putting someone at risk for that and killing two people," Salazar told FOX San Antonio.
In a separate report by KENS 5, Sheriff Salazar depicted the high-speed crash akin to gunfire, stating, "If you're driving at that speed especially in that short distance you may as well be taking out a gun and firing it down the road because that's exactly what you're doing. That vehicle is a loaded weapon at that point." Salazar revealed Korus' previous loss, having had his wife perish in March in an eerily similar crash, driving a Camaro on the same notorious highway.
The incident has sparked a conversation about the dangers of excessive speed and the pain of loss echoing on a single stretch of Texas asphalt. "One could make the argument that Mr. Korus absolutely should've known better after having lost a loved one," Salazar told KENS 5.
