CASS COUNTY, TX -The passenger of a vehicle involved in a head on collision with a tractor trailer on US-59 just north of Linden, Texas, Troopers said.
According to DPS the driver,28-year-old Jordan Pierce, 28 of White Hall, was traveling south on US-59.Police said he lost control of his car crashing head-on into a truck that was hauling a semi-trailer that was headed north.
Police identified the truck driver as 48-year old Dametrich Evans, 48, of Vivian, Louisiana . Police said that Dametrich tried to avoid the collision,but he was unable to do it.
Police said that the road was wet at the time of the crash.
The driver of the car (Jordan Pierce) was transported to St. Michaels – Atlanta in stable condition. A passenger in his vehicle, 53-yearold Billy Buck Pierce from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was transported to St. Michaels Hospital – Texarkana where he later died, police said.
Truck Driver OK in Cass County accident
The Truck driver, Mr. Evans was not injured, authorities said.
The crash remains under investigation.
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