A Taylor woman was killed Tuesday morning when a tractor-trailer struck her as she stood near a disabled car on foggy U.S. Highway 79 near Gause, about 70 miles southeast of Killeen.
Stephanie Louisa Torres-Herrera, 29, was standing near a disabled 1997 Honda Civic when a 2014 Freightliner tractor-trailer drifted onto the eastbound shoulder and struck the woman, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Bryan Washko said.
Visibility was limited by heavy fog in the area and was a factor in the death as Herrera and others tried to jump start the Honda, Washko said.
Herrera was pronounced dead at the scene by Milam County Justice of the Peace Gary Northcott.
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A Maryland motorist is hospitalized in critical condition with injuries that stem from a three-vehicle crash that occurred in heavy rain Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Bryan Washko said the crash occurred on State Highway 36 near the bridge over Lake Belton.
A 2015 Hyundai Equus sedan â driven by a 51-year-old man from Fort Washington, Maryland â was headed southeast to Temple when the car hydroplaned on a curve in the road north of the bridge and collided with a northwest-bound 2017 Ford Escape operated by a 57-year-old Pflugerville resident.
The collision forced the SUV into a guardrail.
A tractor-trailer, driven by a 59-year-old Bartlett man, was traveling behind the SUV and struck the Hyundai on the passenger side after the initial collision â sending the vehicle into the south barrow ditch, Washko said.
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The simple act of putting on a seat belt can save you a lot of money and your life.
In 2020 alone there were over 2,700 vehicle crashes in Texas that ended in serious or fatal injuries due to not wearing a seat belt.
These crashes leave a question that Law Enforcement has to answer all too often.
âWe have to notify the families and thatâs when the questions that the families ask, in your opinion, if they had their safety belt on would they have survived? In the majority of the times, itâs yes,â said Sgt. Bryan Washko, Texas Department of Public Safety.