HILL COUNTY, TX : Wrong-way crash leaves one dead in Hill County on Monday, 15th March 2021
Hill Country Village, Texas
On Monday, March 15, at approximately 11:30 am, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers responded to a crash on SH 174 near CR 1104, just west of Blum.
According to Sgt. Ryan Howard, a truck tractor semi-trailer traveling southbound swerved into the northbound lane to prevent crashing into the rear of another truck tractor semi-trailer that was making a left turn onto CR 1104.
As the truck tractor semi-trailer tried to return to the southbound lane, it struck a Chevrolet traveling northbound.
As a result of the crash, the driver of the Chevrolet, 38-year-old Bruce Jernigan Jr. of Kopperl was pronounced dead at the scene. Next of kin have been notified.
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