Another Multiple Fatality Wreck on 36 |
(Buckholts) Two more people are dead and at least one seriously injured in yet another Highway 36 accident today (Monday). Two pickups collided head on killing both drivers. Pronounced dead at the scene were 50 year old Matthew Tibbitt II of Deer Park, and David Martinez Jr., age 20, a Fort Hood soldier. Medivac (right) transported 2 passengers in the Martinez pickup to Scott & White Hospital for emergency treatment. Tadarian Harrell 19, and Joshua Danner 18, both of Fort Hood, were treated and released. Danner suffered a broken leg and Harrell a broken ankle. The accident happened around 3 p.m. 2 miles west of Buckholts. Cameron and Buckholts Fire Departments, Cameron EMS, and the Milam County Sheriff's Department assisted at the scene. Trooper Don Wardlaw was in charge of the investigation and was also assisted by License and Weight Trooper Scott Nix. Traffic was backed up for 2 miles in both directions before the bodies were removed and the wreck was cleared. Monday's fatalities are the 5th and 6th within 5 weeks on Highway 36 between Cameron and the West Milam County line. Three people were killed in a grinding head on collision on Highway 36 just west of Pettibone on April 25th. Pronounced dead at the scene were 81 year old James Jones of Cameron, and Walter Ford, 44 and Elsa Horlica, 32 both of Buckholts. And on April 28th, a Sweetwater man was killed in a fiery head on collision involving 2 18-wheelers 3 miles west of Cameron. Dying at the scene was 43 year old Refugio Sanchez. Then on May 12th, a Carrolton teenager was killed in a car/train accident along the stretch of Highway just East of Pettibone. Ashley Bass, 14 was pronounced dead at the scene. Monday's fatalities are the 9th and 10th of the year on Milam County roadways. |
Both drivers were trapped in their vehicles for some time while emergency crews tended first to the survivors. |
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