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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.
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After a pair of meetings were canceled Tuesday night, the Killeen City Council will convene next week to begin discussions on the annual budget for the fiscal year of 2022.
Meetings to introduce the budget and handle other topics were canceled Tuesday due to a lack of a quorum.
Councilmembers Nina Cobb, Debbie Nash-King, Jessica Gonzales and Ken Wilkerson were unable to attend, according to Killeen spokeswoman Hilary Shine. At least four voting council members are needed to have a legitimate quorum.
Killeen Mayor Jose Segarra, who became mayor in 2016, said this is the first time as mayor that a council meeting was canceled due to lack of a quorum. Segarra said three of the council members were going to chime in through Zoom, which doesnât count towards a quorum.
A consultant working to put together a new comprehensive plan to guide Killeenâs future questioned city elected leadersâ commitment to such a plan, and pleaded with them to have the âpolitical willâ to get things done.
Dallas-based consulting company Verdunity led a special joint meeting that included attendance from members of the Killeen City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday night in the cityâs Utility Collections Conference Room on Avenue C.
The purpose of the meeting was to update the council and the planning and zoning commission on the cityâs 2021 comprehensive plan, which is a $349,140 plan designed to manage the cityâs growth, reinvigorate Killeenâs downtown and overhaul the cityâs infrastructure. The plan is being developed now, and is set for council approval later this year.