Lyndon Dean ID’d as Man Killed in Refugio Crash on State Highway 202
Refugio, Texas (December 28, 2018) – The man who was killed Wednesday morning in a traffic accident near Refugio has been identified as Lyndon Dean, 28, of Victoria, according to a local news source.
The deadly collision happened just before Wednesday noon, December 26 on State Highway 202.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Dean was driving a 2015 Chevy pickup eastbound on the highway when a 2017 semi tractor-trailer driven by a 42-year-old man, crashed into the front of the pickup.
The DPS said the tractor-trailer jackknifed and slid down into the road because of wet weather.
Dean was declared dead at the scene of the accident by a Justice of the Peace.
The driver of the semi tractor-trailer was airlifted to Spohn Hospital Shoreline in Corpus Christi. As of Thursday morning, the patient was in stable condition.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.