Austin, TX : Man killed in head-on crash in Reeves County on Wednesday, 24th August, 2016
A 69-year-old Prosper man was killed last week when his Ford pickup and a semi truck crashed head-on on RM 652, about two miles west of Orla in Reeves County, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported Wednesday.
Fortunato Benavides was pronounced dead at the scene of the fatal crash that was reported at 1:06 p.m. Wednesday. Benavides was driving east on RM 652 in his 2016 Ford F-150 truck when the driver of a 2006 Mack truck towing a tanker-trailer reportedly tried passing another vehicle in a no-passing zone from the westbound lanes, the DPS reported.
Both Benavides and the trucker, identified as Jeremy G. Nichelson, a 36-year-old El Paso resident, veered to the south shoulder upon seeing each other but ended up colliding, the DPS reported. Nichelson was taken to Reeves County Hospital in Pecos for treatment of minor injuries, the DPS said in a press release.
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Man killed in head-on crash in Reeves County