It could be another two weeks before Texas troopers determine what, if any, charges will be filed in a fatal-accident investigation involving Colorado state Sen. Suzanne Williams, authorities said Thursday.
Brianna Michelle Gomez, 30, who was seven months pregnant, was killed in the accident Sunday. The woman’s son, Curran Blaec Gomez, was delivered by cesarean section in an Amarillo hospital.
Texas Trooper Gabriel Medrano said Williams’ position as a state senator has no bearing on the scope of the investigation. The same protocol is being followed in her case as in any other traffic fatality, he said.
Medrano said an accident reconstruction team is analyzing evidence collected Sunday from the scene of the crash on U.S. 385 near the Panhandle town of Channing.
Additionally, a trooper is continuing to investigate the case.
Medrano said he does not know whether Williams has provided any new details about the circumstances immediately before the accident.
Williams could not be reached for comment Thursday.
Medrano previously said that the trooper investigating the accident would try to interview Williams again after she said she had no memory of the circumstances leading to the wreck.
About 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Williams’ 2010 Honda CR-V veered into the southbound traffic lane and hit a GMC Yukon driven by 30-year-old Eric Gomez, Brianna Gomez’s husband, Medrano said.
Although authorities do not believe Williams was intoxicated, they took evidence at the scene that needs to be tested, he said.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
