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Spring Breaker, 22, Dies After Twerking on Top of Jeep in Crash

  • On March 20, Michael Brown, 22, died following a head injury sustained when he was ejected from a moving Jeep in Port Aransas, Texas, during a crash six days earlier.
  • Driver Riley Rhoades, 24, was arrested for driving while intoxicated after failing breathalyzer tests at the scene of the March 14 crash on State Highway 361.
  • Viral video captured Brown dancing shirtless on the roof of the moving Jeep moments before the collision with another vehicle scattered debris across the highway.
  • Police charged Rhoades with one count of intoxication assault, and she remains held in the Nueces County Jail on a $10,000 bond pending trial.
  • The Texas Department of Public Safety continues investigating the crash as a driving while intoxicated case, with the medical examiner confirming Brown's death on Wednesday.
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ussanews.com broke the news in on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
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