DPS identifies victims of Montague County crashes
Staff reports
The first collision occurred at 6:40 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. 82 and FM 1816.
A car was traveling north on the farm road at a high rate of speed and failed to stop at the intersection. The car struck an 18-wheeler traveling west on the highway.
Both vehicles rolled after the collision. The driver the of the automobile, Artie Carlton Willett, 40, of Bowie was killed. A passenger, Kenneth Wayne Killian, 40, of Nocona, was also killed.
The truck driver, Jesse Hogan, was transported to Nocona Memorial hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The DPS said the second fatal wreck happened at 7:20 p.m. at U.S. 287 and FM 174 near Bowie when a pickup and an 18-wheeler collided head on.