Ronald Hooker Fatal Big Rig Crash on Interstate 10 in Jefferson County
Ronald Hooker ID’d as Man Killed in Jefferson County Two-Vehicle Crash on Interstate 10 near Beaumont
Ronald Hooker Fatal Big Rig Crash on Interstate 10 in Jefferson County
Jefferson County, Texas (August 29, 2018) – The man who was killed early Tuesday morning in a traffic collision in Jefferson County, 15 miles west of Beaumont has been identified as Ronald Hooker, 55 of Pearland, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The fatal wreck happened at about 4:15 a.m. August 28, on the westbound Interstate 10, near mile marker 838.
DPS said Hooker was driving a 2015 Nissan passenger car when for an unknown reason he rear-ended an 18-wheeler driven by Luis Morejon, 51, of Spring.
Hooker was pronounced dead at the scene.
Morejon was uninjured in the crash.
The crash closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 10. The westbound traffic was diverted to Highway 365.
Motorists traveling westbound from Beaumont were urged to use U.S. Highway 90 as an alternate route.
The DPS is conducting the investigation.
