19 YEAR OLD ROCKDALE WOMAN INVOLVED IN FATAL ACCIDENT (CAMERON) A 19 year old Rockdale woman has become Milam County’s 9th traffic fatality of the year. Laura Denise Silva was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:48 a.m. Saturday by Justice of the Peace O. C. “Chip” Dunsmoor. According to investigating Trooper Jimmy Morgan, the accident happened around 1 a.m. Saturday but was not reported until a passing motorist saw the wreck just after sunrise. Morgan said Silva was traveling south on FM 1712 2.9 miles north of Rockdale, when she attempted to negotiate a curve at an unsafe speed. The vehicle skidded off the farm road and overturned partially ejecting Ms. Silva, who was not wearing a seat belt. |
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