Saturday, January 3, 2015

TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN SEPARATE GRIMES COUNTY, TEXAS CRASHES OF 18-WHEELERS AND TRUCKS



Two people killed in separate Grimes County, Texas crashes of 18-wheelers and trucks






Troopers investigated two fatal accidents in Grimes County within seven hours of each other on Friday. A 35-year-old Lexington man died near Navasota when the 18-wheeler he was driving west on Texas 105 drifted into the eastbound lane and sideswiped a pickup just before 8:30 a.m., according to Texas Department of Public Safety investigators.



The 2014 Peterbilt semi, owned by Performance Contracting Inc., drove through the eastbound guardrail and into an embankment near a creek, coming to rest on its side, investigators said.




Trooper Jimmy Morgan said conditions were wet at the time of the accident but weather was not believed to be a factor.




The driver, Daniel Eugene Mayfield, was wearing a seat belt but took no evasive action, Morgan added. The investigation is ongoing.




Mayfield was pronounced dead at the scene and was taken to Lindley-Robertson-Holt Funeral Home in Navasota.




The driver of the pickup, a 25-year-old Bryan woman, sustained minor injuries and was treated at Scott and White hospital in College Station.




Troopers investigated a second fatal accident northwest of Iola at 3:40 p.m.




Few details were available late Friday but DPS dispatchers said one person died in a one-vehicle wreck on County Road 104.