Billy Bennett Killed in Three-Vehicle Crash on U.S. Highway 67 in Santa Anna

Billy Bennett Killed in Three-Vehicle Crash on U.S. Highway 67 in Santa Anna

Billy Bennett ID’d as Brownwood Man Killed in U.S. Highway 67 Crash
Santa Anna, Texas (October 18, 2018) – The Brownwood man who was killed Monday in a three-vehicle collision east of Santa Anna has been identified as Billy Joy Bennett, 86, according to a statement released by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).
The deadly accident happened at an unspecified time Monday, October 15 on U.S. Highway 67, one mile east of Santa Anna.
According to the DPS report, Kadar Yasir Ali, 44, of Mountain House, was operating a 2015 Volvo tractor-trailer rig eastbound on U.S. Highway 67 when it jack-knifed on the wet road and crossed over the center line.
The tractor-trailer rig then slammed into a 1998 Lincoln Town Car driven by Bennett and a 2017 Ford Fusion.
Bennett was declared dead at the scene while his passenger, Barbara Stanke Bennett, 84, was taken to Brownwood with critical injuries.
The Ford Fusion driver, Michael Anthony Mugica, 56, of Austin, and his passenger, Joseph Stanley Sclafani, 55, were taken to Coleman with non-incapacitating injuries.
As per the report, it was raining at the time of the accident.
The crash remains under investigation.

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