According to investigating trooper Michael Nix, Gamble was westbound in the pickup when he crossed the center stripe and struck the eastbound 18 wheeler driven by Sanchez, who then traveled across the westbound lane and into the westbound bar ditch.  Carroll, who was westbound, attempted to avoid the accident traveling into the bar ditch where the two 18 wheelers collided and erupted into flames.   Gamble was taken by Scott and White EMS to Central Texas Hospital while Carroll was transported by private auto.  Both were treated and released.  Sanchez was pronounced dead at 8:10 a.m. by Justice of the Peace Chip Dunsmore.  Cameron Volunteer Firefighters searched the rubble for more than an hour before locating Sanchez underneath a pile of sheetrock that had fallen from the trailer.  

     Highway 36 was closed until 2 p.m. as clean up efforts and the investigation continued.  Nix was assisted by the DPS License and Weights team of Bell County, the Milam County Sheriff's Department, Cameron Police and the Cameron Volunteer Fire Department. 

     Sanchez was the 4th fatality in as many days on the stretch of Highway 36 between Cameron and Buckholts.  3 area residents were killed in a head on collision Tuesday night 6 miles west of Cameron.  (See related story)  Pronounced dead at the scene were James Jones of Cameron, and Walter Ford and Elsa Horelica, both of Buckholts.  

     Sanchez is the 6th traffic fatality for Milam County this year. In addition to the 4 this week, a Round Rock man was killed in February in an accident on Farm Road 486 near San Gabriel.  And a Burlington man was killed in early January on Highway 77 North near the Falls County line.