3 DEAD, 6 INJURED IN TWO SEPARATE CRASHES IN TEXAS
There is no question that the roads and highways are the equivalent of war zones inside our homeland. Just in Texas alone there were 232,041 persons who were injured in motor vehicle crashes in 2013 (Source: Texas Peace Officer's Crash Reports). 3,377 people died in traffic accidents or about 1.3 persons per 10,000 people in Texas. This Texas death rate is at least 30 percent higher than the national average death rate.
PICKUP TRUCK DRIVER LOSES CONTROL
AFTER AN ALLEGED WHEEL PROBLEM; ONE TEENAGER PASSENGER IS KILLED, 3 INJURED
WHEN THE TRUCK ROLLS OVER MULTIPLE TIMES
February 9, 2015
VALLEY MILLS, TEXAS:
A
15-year-old boy from Clifton died early Sunday morning when the driver of a
pick-up truck in which he was riding lost control and the truck overturned
several times.
Jacob
Mata, 15, of Clifton, was pronounced dead at the scene on State Highway 6 near
Chapman Road, just south of Valley Mills, inside the McLennan County line,
Department of Public Safety trooper D.L. Wilson said.
Three
other teenagers who were in the Dodge pick-up truck, one girl and two boys,
were taken by ambulance to Baylor Scott and White Medical Center, in Waco, for
treatment of non life-threatening injuries, Wilson said.
Wilson
said at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday the pick-up truck was southbound on Hwy. 6 when
a problem developed with the left front wheel.
The
issue caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle, which flipped over
several times before coming to rest in the roadside right-of-way.
Funeral
arrangements for Mata still were pending Sunday afternoon.
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TWO DEAD, 3 INJURED AFTER SUNDAY
NIGHT HILL COUNTY HIGHWAY CRASH
February
9, 2015
HILLSBORO,
TEXAS:
A
44-year-old man and a 3-year-old child were killed just after 8 p.m. Sunday
when the two were involved in a two-vehicle crash along State Highway 22, just
west of Hillsboro.
The
names of the victims have not yet been released, Department of Public Safety
Trooper D.L. Wilson said.
The
two were riding, along with a 32-year-old woman and a 6-year-old child, in a
Ford Fusion that was traveling on Hwy. 22 at the intersection of Farm-to-Market
309, just outside the western city limits of Hillsboro.
The
Fusion and a 2003 Chevrolet Suburban collided.
The
6-year-old was flown by helicopter to Cook Children's Hospital, in Dallas, with
what Wilson called serious injuries.
The
woman was taken by ambulance to Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest Medical Center
for treatment of non life-threatening injuries, Wilson said.
The
Suburban's driver, a 38-year-old woman, also was taken by ambulance to
Hillcrest for treatment of non life-threatening injuries.
DPS
troopers still are investigating the cause of the accident.