Milam County, TX : One person killed in crash involving a garbage truck on Tuesday, 16th January 2024

Texas DPS Troopers are investigating a crash involving a garbage truck and an SUV in Milam County Tuesday morning. It happened near the intersection of FM 486 and CR 436, just north of Thorndale.

Troopers say a 2021 Nissan Rouge was going north on FM 486 just after 9 a.m., when it failed to control its speed. It slammed into the back of a 2019 International Garbage truck that had stopped to pick up a load of trash.

61-year-old Wayne Hoyt Todd was driving the Nissan and died in the crash. Precinct 4 Judge Gary Northcott pronounced him deceased at the scene. The people in the trash truck were not injured.

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