Family and friends in Orange, Texas, are mourning the loss of two people after the two died at the scene of a horrific semi-truck crash.
The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a press release saying that a Kenworth truck tractor semitrailer towing heavy-duty construction equipment went across the concrete divider into the eastbound traffic lanes on Interstate 10 and collided head-on with the Ford pickup. The driver and passenger in the pickup were pronounced dead at the scene.
According to news accounts, the fatal collision happened at 12:15 p.m. on I-10 near Vidor, Texas. The release said a flatbed truck was westbound in the inside lane of the freeway, and the Kenworth rig was traveling behind the flatbed. When the flatbed slowed down, it was rear-ended by the tractor-trailer. The heavy truck and trailer then careened across the concrete divider into the eastbound lanes, striking the Blevins vehicle, head-on. The initial report about the driver of the semi-truck described him as a 33-year-old man from Louisiana. He, himself, suffered serious injuries and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
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