Brandi Kirkwood ID’d as Person Killed in Marshall Crash on State Highway 43
Harrison County, Texas (October 10, 2018) – The person who was killed Tuesday evening in a two-vehicle collision in Harrison County has been identified as Brandi Mashai Kirkwood, 35, of Tatum, according to authorities.
The deadly wreck was reported at around 6:57 p.m. Tuesday, October 9 on SH-43, nine miles south of the city of Marshall.
Authorities said Kirkwood was driving a 2005 Jeep Liberty northbound on SH-43 while Steven L. Whetten, 62, of Syracuse IN., was operating a 2006 Freightliner truck-tractor hauling trailer southbound.
The Jeep was traveling at an unsafe speed when it started to hydroplane on the wet road into the southbound lane of traffic where it was hit by the Freightliner.
Kirkwood was declared dead at the scene by JP Pinson and transported to Meadowbrook Funeral Home in Marshall. Whetten was treated at the scene and released.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.