Olivia Mikulik Killed in Callahan County Car Accident on State Highway 206 near Cross Plains
Callahan County, Texas (December 29, 2018) – The girl who was hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after a head-on collision that also killed four other people in Callahan County has succumbed to her injuries,  according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The horrific crash took place at around 12:55 p.m. Wednesday, December 26 on State Highway 206, four miles northeast of Cross Plains.
According to the DPS, James Everette Hurley, 37, of San Angelo, was driving a 2018 Ford Transit van southbound on State Highway 206 when he lost control of the vehicle on the wet road. The van then crossed into the northbound lane, where it collided head-on with a Lexus GX460.
Hurley and one of his seven passengers, Joyce Jordan Collier, 67, were both killed in the crash.
Bryan Joseph Mikulik, 48, and his wife Debra Ann Mikulik, 52, of Forney, who were in the Lexus were also killed. Their teenage daughters, Olivia Mikulik, 14, was transported to Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, where she later succumbed to her injuries Sunday evening while Alexa Mikulik, 15, sustained non-life threatening injuries and was taken to Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene.
Five of the other six passengers in the van were transported to Hendrick Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries; Lisa Ann Collier, 36, of San Angelo, Joshua Chase Collier, 19, of Voca, Grace Spurgin, 14, Emily Spurgin, 8, Hayden Hermes, 11.
William Quinn Collier, 20, of San Angelo, was transported to Eastland Memorial Hospital in Eastland with non-life threatening injuries.
According to the report, Mikulik is a well-known name in the San Angelo area. Bryan Mikulik’s father, Harvey, owns Mikulik Sausage in San Angelo.
DPS is investigating the cause of the accident.