One dead, three hurt in head-on crash on FM 624

Morning traffic on FM 624 was shattered by a head-on collision that left one man dead and three others hurt on a rural stretch just east of County Road 163. The wreck happened at about 8:48 a.m. Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, on a road many Jim Wells County drivers use to move between Alice, the surrounding countryside and nearby farm and ranch properties.

Investigators said a 2019 Ford F-150 traveling west crossed into the eastbound lane and struck a 2020 Dodge Ram head-on. The impact forced the Ram onto its side and off the roadway. Both people inside the Dodge Ram were trapped and had to be extricated from the vehicle before they could be taken for medical care.

Rolando Adame, 72, of Corpus Christi, who was a passenger in the Dodge Ram, was pronounced dead at the scene. The Ram’s driver was transported to Christus Spohn Shoreline in Corpus Christi. In the Ford F-150, the male driver and a female passenger were taken to Christus Spohn in Alice.

Troopers from the Highway Patrol Office in George West are investigating the crash. Officials have not released information on impairment, citations or whether charges will be filed. That leaves several questions open for a county that already knows how quickly a routine trip on a two-lane highway can turn deadly.

The crash also lands in a broader safety picture that reaches far beyond FM 624. The Texas Department of Transportation maintains a statewide automated crash database used to analyze traffic safety and support federal highway safety funding. TxDOT’s 2024 crash facts report shows Texas recorded 4,150 roadway deaths that year, a reminder that even a single fatal collision in rural Jim Wells County is part of a much larger public safety burden across the state.

For drivers who depend on FM 624 every day, the immediate concern is simple: another ordinary morning on a familiar road ended with an unnecessary death, three injuries and a stretch of highway under investigation.