Antonio Castanon ID’d as Man Killed in Winkler County Crash on State Highway 302 near FM 874
Winkler County, Texas (December 4, 2018) – The man who was killed Thursday morning in a two-vehicle crash on a highway in Winkler County has been identified as Antonio Castanon, 32, of Midland, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety report.
The fatal crash happened at an unspecified time, on Thursday, November 29, on State Highway 302 near Farm-to-Market Road 874, east of Kermit.
As per the DPS report, Castanon was driving a Chevrolet Silverado eastbound on the highway behind a Freightliner truck tractor towing a semi-trailer. Castanon failed to control his speed and rear-ended the big rig which was stopped waiting to make a left turn onto FM 874.
Castanon, who was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, was taken to an Odessa hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
The driver of the big rig, a 20-year-old Odessa man, was uninjured in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.