SAN ANGELO, TX — Two young men from San Angelo were killed late Friday night in a high-speed crash near Wall following a police chase, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The wreck occurred around 9:55 p.m. on April 11, 2025, after a DPS trooper observed a white 2022 Dodge Challenger racing another vehicle southbound on U.S. Highway 87 south of San Angelo. When the trooper attempted a traffic stop, the driver of the Challenger fled, turning off the vehicle’s lights in an attempt to evade law enforcement.
Over the radio, those in the chase reported the Challenger reached speeds in excess of 110 mph before losing control near the intersection with Wilde Road. The vehicle struck a guardrail, went airborne, and then rolled several times before coming to rest in the median between the northbound and southbound lanes at the Wilde Road crossover.
All three occupants were ejected from the vehicle. Two passengers — Jesus Manuel Silva, 18, and Matthew Allen Reyes, 20, both of San Angelo — were pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, identified as Jeydan Zane Sanchez-Ayala, 19, of Carlsbad, was seriously injured and transported to Shannon Medical Center.
DPS reported that the crash occurred on a dry roadway under clear nighttime skies. The posted speed limit in that area is 75 mph.
The incident remains under investigation.
Fatal Crash Near Wall (San Angelo LIVE!)
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Listed By: Wiley Coyote
Why does anyone think running from POPO is an option much less going to work out positive.
Bonehead move cost young lives.
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PermalinkListed By: Rita Repulsa
If we're completely honest with ourselves and others, we know that not all who flee are captured. Some idiots accelerate to 88mph out of the county, ticket-free and never to be seen again. It's stupid, but sometimes, it actually works! And if it's stupid and it works, it ain't stupid.
If there's one thing I've learned from stupid people, it's courage. Courage has been called stupidity with a purpose. I have seen, so many times in my life, some stupid idiot or other do something so bold, so brazen, so lacking in common sense and regard for consequences that upon successful completion of that act this individual seemed like a hidden genius—a secret kung fu master of Zen beginner's mind who bent the Force around them at will.
Let us not be too harsh on the stupid. They are the great teachers of courage: "Courage is knowing it might hurt and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. That's why life is hard."
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PermalinkListed By: Cajun Texan
Darwin awards for all involved.
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