--- description: Mexican singer Ariel Camacho died in a car accident Wednesday on a highway outside Sinaloa, Mexico. title: Ariel Camacho Dies in Car Crash image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [remembrance](/tag/remembrance/) ## remembrance Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mexican Singer Ariel Camacho Dies in Car Accident Aged 22 by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2015 9:44 AM CUT by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2015 9:44 AM CUT Mexican singer Ariel Camacho [died](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/6480620/regional-mexican-artist-ariel-camacho-dead-at-22 "undefined") in a car crash Wednesday on a highway outside Sinaloa, Mexico. The 22-year-old was on the road promoting a deluxe edition of his latest album _El Karma_ when he was involved in a highway collision, reports Billboard. “My heart is broken by the loss of Ariel Camacho,” said Angel Del Villar, president of the Regional Mexican label. “I knew he was going to transform the genre in Mexico and the United States. Millions of people would have become fans and would have gotten to know the man I did.” As the frontman of the band Los Plebes del Rancho, Camacho performed in the Sierreno musical style, featuring acoustic guitars, bass and accordians played by a musical trio. _El Karma_ was released by DEL records, amassing Camacho a loyal fan base for his soft vocals and adroit guitar-playing. \[[_Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/6480620/regional-mexican-artist-ariel-camacho-dead-at-22 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3723541/ariel-camacho-dies-mexico-singer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3723541/ariel-camacho-dies-mexico-singer/"},"headline":"Mexican Singer Ariel Camacho Dies in Car Accident Aged 22","datePublished":"2015-02-26T09:44:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:14:10.575Z","description":"The 22-year-old was on tour promoting El Karma","url":"https://time.com/3723541/ariel-camacho-dies-mexico-singer/","keywords":["remembrance","Mexico","obituaries"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sabrina Toppa","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3723541/ariel-camacho-dies-mexico-singer/","name":"Mexican Singer Ariel Camacho Dies in Car Accident Aged 22"}}]}] ```