A Taylor woman was killed Tuesday morning when a tractor-trailer struck her as she stood near a disabled car on foggy U.S. Highway 79 near Gause, about 70 miles southeast of Killeen.
Stephanie Louisa Torres-Herrera, 29, was standing near a disabled 1997 Honda Civic when a 2014 Freightliner tractor-trailer drifted onto the eastbound shoulder and struck the woman, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Bryan Washko said.
Visibility was limited by heavy fog in the area and was a factor in the death as Herrera and others tried to jump start the Honda, Washko said.
Herrera was pronounced dead at the scene by Milam County Justice of the Peace Gary Northcott.
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DPS troopers responded to a crash on US 79 at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 6, that killed 29-year-old Stephanie Louisa Torres-Herrera.
According to DPS the driver of a 1997 Honda Civic was parked on the eastbound shoulder and being jump started by another vehicle, a 2015 Ford F-150 pick-up truck.
The drivers were standing at the hood of the Honda while they jump started the vehicle, meanwhile Herrera was searching for an item in the trunk of the Ford pickup truck. That s when a 2014 Freightliner Semi truck that was towing a semi-trailer drifted on to the eastbound improved shoulder and struck Herrera.
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Rusk woman killed in Anderson County wreck after car hits tree, ignites (Source: WALB) By Stephanie Frazier | March 1, 2021 at 7:08 PM CST - Updated March 2 at 7:22 PM
ANDERSON COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A woman died in a wreck Saturday in Anderson County, DPS officials say.
The wreck happened just after noon on Saturday. Troopers were called to a one-vehicle crash on Hwy 84, about seven miles east of Palestine in Anderson County.
The preliminary investigation shows that a 2006 Lincoln ZHR was traveling west on Hwy 84 going into a curve, DPS says. For an unknown reason, the driver, identified as Amber Vaughn, 30, of Rusk, drove off the north side of the road and into the ditch. The vehicle drove through a barbed wire fence and struck a tree. This caused the vehicle to catch fire.
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