The fatal collision was reported around 8:30 a.m. on April 20 on Highway 36 at Loop 497 between Brenham and Bellville.
Austin County, TX – One person was killed, and another was injured on Monday in a two-vehicle collision in Austin County, according to the Texas DPS.
The fatal collision was reported around 8:30 a.m. on April 20 on Highway 36 at Loop 497 between Brenham and Bellville.
DPS said a 2026 Freightliner truck-tractor towing a utility trailer was traveling southbound when the driver failed to control his speed in wet roadway conditions.
The Freightliner then hydroplaned, crossed into the northbound lanes, and hit a southbound 2023 Ford F-350.
The force of the impact caused the utility trailer to separate and overturn onto the Ford.
The Ford driver, Curtis Allen Ford, 68, of Bellville, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Freightliner driver, Ernest V. Nduwamungu, 35, of Jacksonville, Florida, was taken to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Brenham for treatment.
The DPS is investigating the accident.
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