(Buckholts) Two more people are
dead and at least one seriously injured in yet another Highway 36
accident today (Monday). Two pickups collided head on killing both
drivers. Pronounced dead at the scene were 50 year old Matthew
Tibbitt II of Deer Park, and David Martinez Jr., age 20, a Fort Hood
soldier. Medivac (right) transported 2 passengers in the Martinez
pickup to Scott & White Hospital for emergency treatment.
Tadarian Harrell 19, and Joshua Danner 18, both of Fort Hood, were
treated and released. Danner suffered a broken leg and Harrell a
broken ankle. The accident happened around 3 p.m. 2 miles west of Buckholts.
Cameron and Buckholts Fire Departments, Cameron EMS, and the Milam
County Sheriff's Department assisted at the scene. Trooper Don
Wardlaw was in charge of the investigation and was also assisted by
License and Weight Trooper Scott Nix. Traffic was backed up for 2 miles in both directions
before the bodies were removed and the wreck was
cleared. Monday's fatalities are the 5th and 6th within
5 weeks on Highway 36
between Cameron and the West Milam County line. Three people were
killed in a grinding head on collision on Highway 36 just west of
Pettibone on April 25th. Pronounced dead at the scene were 81 year
old James Jones of Cameron, and Walter Ford, 44 and Elsa Horlica, 32
both of Buckholts. And on April 28th, a Sweetwater man was killed
in a fiery head on collision involving 2 18-wheelers 3 miles west of
Cameron. Dying at the scene was 43 year old Refugio Sanchez.
Then on May 12th, a Carrolton teenager was killed in a car/train
accident along the stretch of Highway just East of Pettibone.
Ashley Bass, 14 was pronounced dead at the scene. Monday's
fatalities are the 9th and 10th of the year on Milam County roadways.
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