A nine-year-old Bremen boy is dead following a two-vehicle accident. It happened around 5:30 this morning at the intersection of State Road 331 and 3rd Road, according to a news release from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department.
The child, Emiliano Zuniga, was a passenger in a vehicle driven by 34-year-old Francisco M. Ramirez of Bremen. Investigators say Ramirez was westbound on Oak Boulevard coming out of Donnybrook subdivision attempting to cross 331 onto 3rd Road and was struck by a pickup truck driven by 55-year-old Julian F. Valadez of Bremen. He was arrested for operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent or more causing a death and operator never licensed.
Both drivers were treated at the hospital in Bremen for minor injuries. A passenger in the truck sustained a head injury (speak to a wrongful death lawyer) and was taken to the hospital in Plymouth. The crash is still under investigation.
