A Dallas woman is fighting for her life after a horrific car crash that also killed her college roommate.
Camryn Herriage, 23, was riding in a car with her college roommate and three other friends on Feb. 11.
Ttheir vehicle was waiting at a red light on Beckley Avenue, where the Woodall Rogers Freeway ends, when they were struck by a Ford pickup, causing a chain reaction car crash. Fox4 News reported.
All passengers were rushed to hospital, where HErriage has been in intensive care for the past month on a ventilator due to life-threatening injuries sustained in the fatal accident.
Bystanders reported seeing a woman exit the driver’s side of the truck and flee from the scene on foot “dressed in a little black dress and white club shoes,” according to an arrest affidavit.
A Dallas woman, Camryn Herriage, is fighting for her life after a collision allegedly caused by an ‘intoxicated’ woman wearing club clothes
All passengers were rushed to hospital, where Herriage has been dependent on a ventilator in the ICU for the past month due to life-threatening injuries sustained in the accident.
The woman who allegedly left was later identified by police as 27-year-old Carmen Guerrero
Witnesses described the women appearing “extremely drunk.”
The woman who allegedly left was later identified by police as 27-year-old Carmen Guerrero.
Detectives said they found Guerrero’s wallet in the abandoned Ford truck and took her into custody 11 days after the crash.
She now faces multiple charges, including manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She is being held in the Dallas County Jail.
While Herriage continues to fight for her life in the ICU, her older sister Casie Campanello has not left her side for weeks.
‘Literally: a careless act. It put us in a situation that changed our entire lives,” she said. “We’re very helpless and just staying strong for her, but it’s very hard to watch.”
She added: ‘When she came out of her first operation, the surgeon told us he had told us he had never seen anyone come to hospital with her injury. So she has a purpose.”
Herriage’s best friend and Texas Tech University roommate was tragically killed in the collision.
Sara House, 23, worked as an executive sales associate at Ralph Lauren after graduating from Texas Tech, having studied business, management and marketing and also competing in bikini competitions.
Herriage, 23, rode in a car alongside her roommate and three other friends on Feb. 11 — the night of the fatal car crash
Their vehicle was waiting at a stoplight on Beckley Avenue, where the Woodall Rogers Freeway ends, when they were struck by a Ford pickup, causing a chain reaction car crash.
Herriage works at a social media management and branding company based in Lubbock, Texas
While Herriage continues to fight for her life in intensive care, her older sister Casie Campanello has not left her side for weeks. ‘Literally: a careless act. Put us in a situation that changed our entire lives.”
Herriage’s best friend and Texas Tech University roommate, Sara House, (pictured) tragically died in the collision
The pair of college roommates (pictured) were very close and often made TikToks together, which Herriage shared on her profile with 32,000 followers.
Sara House worked as an executive sales associate at Ralph Lauren after graduating from Texas Tech, studying business, management and marketing and competing in bikini competitions
The college roommates were very close and often made TikToks together, which Herriage shared on her profile with 32,000 followers.
Herriage works at a social media management and branding company based in Lubbock, Texas.
She had only recently returned to North Texas after graduating in December.