Daniel Navarro ID’d as Driver Killed in Ector County Multi-Vehicle Crash on Interstate 20
Odessa, Texas (August 16, 2018) – The driver who was killed on Monday in a four-vehicle collision in Ector County has been identified as Daniel N. Navarro, 46, of Snyder, according to the authorities.
The collision happened August 13, on Interstate 20.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said 54-year-old Vaughn I. Appleton of Floydada was driving a semi-trailer eastbound on I-20 when he failed to control speed and hit a pickup truck driven by Navarro.
The impact pushed the pickup truck into two other vehicles.
Navarro died at the scene. Appletown sustained non-capacitating injuries and was taken to Medical Center Hospital.
DPS said the operator of a second pickup truck, 27-year-old Robert S. Malaise of Midland, was injured and was transported to Medical Center Hospital. The driver of a second semi-truck, 51-year-old James M. Myers, of Coldspring was uninjured.
All the drivers were wearing their seat belts during the crash.
DPS is investigating the crash.
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