Major crash kills 1, injures others
One person is dead and three people are injured, after a three-vehicle car accident closed down a major Killeen road Wednesday morning.
Elms Road, near the intersection with Stefek Drive, was blocked with a swarm of emergency vehicles and at least two vehicles with heavy damage at about 9:15 a.m. Wednesday.
According to a news release received Wednesday from the Killeen Police Department, a 41-year-old man, Victor Alexander Demarest, later died from his injuries as a result of the crash.
A witness said she saw the crash as it happened from the parking lot of a nearby gas station.
No further details were available Tuesday on Fridayâs drowning on the Comal River that claimed the life of a 62-year-old New Mexico man.
Police said Albert L. Aranda, 62, from Farmington, New Mexico did not immediately resurface after going through the city Tube Chute. He was pulled from the water but efforts to revive him at the scene and at a New Braunfels hospital were unsuccessful.
David Ferguson, city communications coordinator, said New Braunfels police and fire units arrived on the scene around 3:15 p.m. Friday.
âOfficers arrived to find that lifeguards and citizens had pulled the man from the water and lifeguards performed CPR on the man until paramedics arrived on the scene,â he said. âThe man was then transported to Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in New Braunfels where he was later pronounced deceased.â
Officials: One person dead following small plane crash in Killeen 6 News Digital
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The sole person on board a small plane died after the aircraft crashed near E. Trimmier Road in Killeen the evening on July 4, according to Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Bryan Washko.
The name of the victim has not been released at this time.
Officers with the Killeen Police Department were sent to the area of E. Trimmier Road and Stagecoach Road in reference to the crash shortly before 5:30 p.m., police said. One person was in the plane, officials reported. The aircraft left New Braunfels Regional Airport and was headed to Skylark Field Airport when it crashed, police said.
Emergency crews in Killeen responded to a small plane crash late Sunday afternoon.
A news release from the Killeen Police Department said officers were dispatched to the area of East Trimmier and Stagecoach Road for a small plane crash around 5:23 p.m. Sunday.
Police said the plane appeared to be leaving the New Braunfels Regional Airport, and was headed to Skylark Field Airport when it crashed in a field.
There was one person in the plane, according to the release. That personâs condition is currently unknown.
The Killeen Fire Department and Texas Department of Public Safety were also there to assist police.
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