Cruz Fernandez-Valles and James Pierce Killed, Two Injured in Crash on FM 57 in Fisher County

Cruz Fernandez-Valles and James Pierce Killed in Head-On Crash on FM 57 near McCaulley

Fisher County, Texas (January 29, 2018) – Two people were killed on Friday morning in a grisly head-on collision that left two others hospitalized in Fisher County, according to DPS.
The accident took place at around 7 a.m. Friday, January 26, on FM 57 just north of McCaulley.
DPS said one vehicle was traveling northbound on FM 57 when it swerved into the southbound lane and collided with an oncoming vehicle.
Two passengers in one of the vehicles, Cruz Fernandez-Valles, 42, of Munday and James Nathan Pierce, 45, of Haskell, were pronounced deceased at the scene.
Jose E. Castorena, 51, of Knox City, was the driver of that vehicle and was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The second driver, David W. Wilcox Jr., 22, also suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital.
The crash remains under investigation.
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