Police identify victim in deadly accident at Gandy's Dairies in Lubbock Friday, July 29th 2016, 8:04 am EDTFriday, July 29th 2016, 10:14 am EDT
By KCBD Staff
Police investigating deadly accident at Gandy's Dairy (Source: Taylor Lee KCBD) LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) -
Lubbock Police are investigating a deadly accident that killed a delivery truck driver Friday morning around 1 a.m.
Officials are saying the driver was accidentally run over by his truck. Other employees pulled the delivery truck driver free and began CPR. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lubbock Police have identified the man as 56-year-old Myron Ray Roberts. The police report says Roberts was standing at the rear of his truck when the truck and trailer moved backwards and pinned him against a block wall.
Dean Foods released a statement saying:
We are deeply saddened one of our long-time employees was involved in a fatal accident on our property in Lubbock.
We are working with local authorities to provide any information that may be helpful but are not releasing details broadly at this time.
Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with his family, friends and colleagues during this difficult time.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Gandy's is a full-service dairy processor and distributor serving the West Texas area.
The current company got its start in 1924 in Lubbock, Texas, when Joe Bonner and R.C. Smith opened Bell Ice Cream Company. A few years later, in 1934, Loy Gandy bought a defunct dairy co-op in San Angelo, Texas, with the help of Fort Worth's H.C. Vandervort and others. Although the two dairies operated independently for many years, in 1995 they were consolidated under the Gandy brand name.
Gandy's fluid milk, buttermilk, ice cream mix, half and half and fruit drinks are still West Texas favorites. Gandy's. 85 years and still fresh!