Saturday, January 17, 2015

DRIVER OF A PICKUP THAT OVERTURNED ON AN OVERPASS AND COLLIDED WITH A JEEP IN WACO, TEXAS, FLED AFTER THE ACCIDENT. 2 PERSONS WERE INJURED.



DRIVER OF A PICKUP THAT OVERTURNED ON AN OVERPASS AND COLLIDED WITH A JEEP IN WACO, TEXAS, FLED AFTER THE ACCIDENT. 2 PERSONS WERE INJURED.





WACO (January 17, 2015) The driver of a pickup that overturned on an overpass and collided with a Jeep fled after the accident, which sent his passenger and the driver of the Jeep to a Waco hospital with serious injuries, police said Saturday.


The accident happened shortly before 6 p.m. Friday on East Waco Drive on the overpass over U.S. Highway 77, police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said.


A 2005 Ford F-150 that was eastbound in the 1800 block of East Waco Drive struck a guardrail, crossed the median and overturned, ending up in the westbound lanes of traffic where it struck a 2008 Jeep.


The driver of the pickup was able to climb out of the badly damaged truck and ran, Swanton said.


His passenger, a 57-year-old man whom Swanton said is the truck’s owner, and the 59-year-old woman who was driving the jeep both had to be extricated from the damaged vehicles.


They were both taken to Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center with serious injuries and the woman was admitted to intensive care, Swanton said.

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Waco police Saturday were seeking the driver of a pickup truck who left the scene of a serious accident shortly before 6 p.m. Friday on foot.

Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said a 2005 Ford F-150 was traveling east on the overpass on Waco Drive over State Highway 77 when it lost control, struck the guardrail, crossed the median, rolled over and landed in the westbound lanes. It then hit a 2008 Jeep driven by a 59-year-old woman.

The truck’s owner, a 57-year-old man, and the Jeep’s driver were taken to Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center with what Swanton termed serious injuries. He said the driver of the Jeep was admitted to the intensive care unit.


Swanton did not say what charges might be pending against the driver of the pickup.