Ronny Wheeler Killed after Running Red Light on FM 3261 in Levelland Causing Collision with Semi Truck

Ronny Wheeler Killed in Crash with Semi Truck on FM 3261 in Hockley County

Hockley County, Texas (November 28, 2017) – A pickup truck driver was on Monday evening killed in a collision with a semi-truck at an intersection on FM 3261 in Levelland.
According to the Department of Public Safety, the collision occurred at about 6:00 p.m. at the intersection of FM 3261 and Cactus Drive on Monday, November 27.
The report stated that a driver of a Ford Ranger traveling westbound on Cactus Road ran a red light at the intersection and entered into the path of a semi-truck traveling southbound on FM 3261. The semi-truck hit the passenger’s side of the Ford.
The Ford driver, Ronny Jay Wheeler, 26, of Levelland was rushed to a Covenant Health Levelland where he was later pronounced deceased.
DPS said the driver of the semi-truck was not hurt.
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