Man Dead in Glen Rose Crash on U.S 67
Glen Rose, Texas (October 25, 2018) – A Fort Worth man was killed Wednesday afternoon in a traffic accident near Glen County, according to a local news source.
The deadly accident was reported at around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, October 24 in the 12000 block of West U.S. 67.
As per the report, the man was driving a Ford pickup northbound on U.S 67 while a box truck followed behind.
For unknown reasons the driver of the pickup stopped in his lane and was then rear-ended by the box truck.
As a result of the collision, both vehicles stopped in a ditch.
Emergency crews extricated a passenger of the pickup and started to perform life-saving efforts on the driver while he was still in the vehicle.
The pickup driver was declared dead at the scene. The passenger and operator of the box truck were taken to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The name of the deceased and the injured victims have not yet been released. Both the deceased and his passenger were not wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident.
The crash remains under investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety troopers.