Decatur, TX : Bridgeport man was killed after his pickup struck a tractor trailer on U.S. 81/287 on Friday, November, 3rd 2017
A Bridgeport man was killed after his pickup struck a tractor trailer on U.S. 81/287 at Ramhorn Hill Road Friday morning.
Brian Eustace, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene by Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Jan Morrow.
Eustace was traveling southbound on 287 around 5:30 a.m. when his 2010 Ford F-150 struck a tractor trailer crossing the highway to go northbound, according to Department of Public Safety Trooper Chesley Womack. The pickup hit the trailer near the rear axle.
“Upon impact, [the pickup] was fully engulfed in flames. [The driver] was not able to get out of the vehicle,” Womack said.
The tractor trailer driver, Kenneth Daniels, 40, of Fort Worth, was not injured.
Southbound traffic on U.S. 81/287 was shut down for nearly an hour before vehicles were allowed to pass on the shoulder.
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Man killed in fiery crash