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From The KMIL News Room
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From The KMIL News Room
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Dangerous Day on Highway 79
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County owned truck was struck in the opposite lane of traffic |
Warren's 93 Dodge truck sustained major damage to both the front and rear
Falco's 89 Chevy received major front damage after colliding into the rear of the Dodge truck |
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A 3rd accident occurred in the same time from on Alcoa Road in Rockdale, when a Round Rock man was transported to Richards Memorial after rolling his tractor-trailer rig. Percival Taylor Jr., was driving a big rig loaded with fly ash from Alcoa, when he failed to negotiate a curve in the road, rolling his truck. DPS Trooper Michael Nix was investigating that accident when the next two calls were reported to State Troopers. |
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The driver of this 18 wheeler narrowly escaped serious injury as his truck came to rest next to the railroad tracks in Gause along Highway 79 |
Emergency workers at the scene try to sort out the second accident near Gause |
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(Milano)
Two Milano residents were transported to Richards Memorial Hospital in
Rockdale following this 3-vehicle accident near Milano Wednesday.
DPS Trooper Jimmy Morgan said the accident occurred when 64-year-old
Leonard Warren, of Milano was attempting a left turn onto County Road
380 off of Highway 79, when his '93 Dodge pickup (pictured above)
was struck from behind by a 1989 Chevrolet pickup, driven by Frankie
Falco, 42, of Milano. The impact from the accident knocked the
Warren truck into the opposite lane into the path of a 1982 Ford
Precinct 3 truck, driven by 58 eyar old John Ritchie. Ritchie
escaped injury, while Falco was arrested and charged with driving while
intoxicated, a 3rd offense or more. 
(Gause)
Another driver was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon, just minutes
after the Milano accident on another section of Highway 79 near Gause.
The driver of the Ford truck (pictured left) was flown by Medivac
to a local area hospital after colliding near head on with an
18-wheeler, owned by Sanderson Farms in Bryan. And eye witness at
the scene told KMIL News that the dirver of the pickup was passing other
vehicles erratically, before passing him, then colliding with the big
rig. The driver of turkey truck was not hurt. DPS Trooper
Jonathon Hunter from Robertson County investigated this accident with
assistance from the Milam County Sheriff's Department.
