Truck Driver Injured in Cut and Shoot Crash on Texas Highway 105
Cut and Shoot, Texas (November 2, 2018) – A truck driver was hospitalized early Friday morning after a traffic accident involving two big rigs near Cut and Shoot, according to a local news source.
The accident took place at an unspecified time on Texas Highway 105.
Police said a bobtail truck carrying various medical supplies, including prescription drugs and medical paraphernalia, was traveling eastbound when it was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler.
The force of the impact tore the 18-wheeler’s front end loose, and its engine and transmission ended up on the road while the back of the bobtail truck tore loose, spilling the drugs onto the road.
The bobtail truck driver was transported to a hospital with a leg injury.
The crash remains under investigation by police.