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Investigation ongoing in nurse’s death

PRESS Staff Report Authorities with the South Padre Island Police Department and Emergency Medical Personnel were dispatched to the Hilton Garden Inn on 7010 Padre Blvd. in response to an unresponsive female. The female subject, identified as Melissa A. Ortiz, 25, a nursing program graduate of the University of Texas at Brownsville and registered nurse …

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Police probe man’s death

By JACOB LOPEZ Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Officers with the South Padre Island Police Department are investigating the death of a man at Sea Breeze Condominiums. The incident occurred on Sunday, Sept. 28, according to police reports. Officers arrived at the scene and made contact with a woman who was crying. She said that her …

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UPDATE: Schlitterbahn employee injured in accident dies

By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Life support was terminated over the weekend for Nicolas “Nico” Benavides, the 20-year-old Schlitterbahn Waterpark employee who was declared brain dead Saturday evening after suffering severe head injuries due to a work-related incident on Wednesday. Benavides began working at the South Padre Island waterpark approximately five weeks …

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