Groom ,TX : One person killed after numerous semi trucks and one passenger car Collision on Wednesday ,May 27th 2015

we advised you that I-40 near mile marker 102 was shut down temporarily due to a major accident involving numerous semi trucks and one passenger car.

When one semi slowed down due to poor visibility during a dust storm, two other semi trucks ran into the back of him, causing the third to catch on fire. A fourth semi swerved left to avoid hitting the pile-up, and a fifth semi swerved to the right, and instead hit an SUV that had pulled off the road door to the lack of visibility.

Texas Department of Public Safety released official information on the accident. The incident took place eight miles west of Groom.

A 2007 Kenworth semi, driven by Gakhal Rupinder Singh, 30, of Los Banos, Calif., was driving eastbound as a windstorm pushed into the area. The storm caused dust to blow across I-40, resulting in impaired visibility, DPS said. Singh lowered his speed and continued eastbound.

A 2014 Freightliner semi, driven by Ronald Leroy Newson, 76, of Phoenix, was also driving eastbound and struck Singh's semi from behind.

A 2009 Freightliner semi, driven by Roger Marlon Golden, 50, of Springfield, Mo., was also driving eastbound, saw the vehicles and swerved to the left to avoid hitting Newson from behind.

A 2006 Nissan SUV John William Ridenour, 45, of La Quinta, Calif., had pulled off onto the shoulder due to poor visibility.

A 2015 Freightliner, driven by Robert James Adams, 71, of Oklahoma City, struck Newson from behind, causing Adams' semi to catch fire.

A 1999 International, driven by Esteban Arellano Esparza, 36, of Socorro, Texas, noticed the crash and attempted to avoid a collision with Adams' semi by swerving right, but hit Ridenour's Nissan instead.

Singh was treated and released; Newson was treated and released; Golden was treated and released; Adams died at the scene; Esparza was treated and released; and Ridenour was treated and released.

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Details released on May 27 5-semi, 1 car crash near Groom