KERRVILLE, Texas — A 3rd particular person injured when a drag racer veered right into a crowd and crashed throughout a racing occasion in Central Texas has died, police stated Wednesday.

Rebecca Cedillo, 46, of Converse, a San Antonio suburb, died at College Hospital in San Antonio, Kerrville police Sgt. Jonathan Lamb stated. Two boys, ages 6 and eight, died the day of the crash Saturday at Kerrville-Kerr County Airport, however police had been withholding their names.

The crash occurred as the driving force, Michael Gonzales, was racing his 1990 Ford Mustang and started to lose management midway down the 1/8-mile observe laid out on one of many airport runways, police stated. The automotive began to fishtail earlier than sliding uncontrolled off the runway and right into a grassy space from which spectators had been watching.

The automobile struck a number of spectators earlier than hitting a trailer and coming to a cease.

The crash injured seven individuals, together with Gonzales, apart from the three individuals who have died. One of many people who was hospitalized, Mary Kate Partitions, 27, of Taylor, an Austin suburb, had improved from essential to honest situation on Wednesday, in keeping with a College Hospital spokeswoman.

Messages in search of updates on Gonzales, 34, and one other man weren’t instantly returned.

The airport is about 50 miles (85 kilometers) northwest of San Antonio. Hundreds attended the organized occasion, which concerned drivers dashing down a runway as they competed for money.