Vicente Ortiz Jr. Death – We are exremely devastated to announce the death of Vicente Ortiz Jr., 29, of Donna, Texas, has been identified as the victim in a Thursday fatal motorcycle crash in Hidalgo County.
Vicente Ortiz Jr. a TDCJ Law Enforcement Correctional Officer and a member of the Redeemers Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club, (Redeemers L/E M/C,) was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash early Thursday in Alamo.
Vicente Ortiz Jr. was operating a motorcycle on Frontage Road near E. Expressway 83 in Alamo, when the bike may have come into contact with an animal in the roadway around 2:15 a.m. Thursday. The rider then lost control and wrecked.
A passing vehicle then ran over Vicente Ortiz Jr..
The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and is not facing criminal charges at this time.
Vicente Ortiz Jr. was pronounced dead of injuries suffered in the crash.