Three people died in two separate accidents during a five-day period last week as the deadly year of 2018 claimed its 13th, 14th and 15th victims on Milam roads.
Both accidents were in northern Milam County and two of the fatalities were Cameron residents.
HEAD-ON—Two persons died in a head-on collision before dawn Saturday, just inside Milam County at the Bell County line.
Dave Roberts, DPS spokesman, said Carlos Vallea, 18, of Cameron and Tessie Billue, 30, of Killeen were pronounced dead at the scene, Texas 36, 2.2 miles south of Rogers.
He said a 2010 Honda Accord driven by Billue was traveling west and a 2002 Lincoln Navigator, operated by Valles, was eastbound when the Honda drifted into the oncoming lane and the crash occurred.
Time of the accident was listed as 3:05 a.m.
Roberts said there were two passengers in the Navigator, 20-year-old Pedro Garcia and a juvenile male who was not identified by the DPS.
According to Roberts, both were from Cameron and both were transported to Baylor Scott & White Hospital, Temple, for treatment of “incapacitating injuries.”
FATAL CRASH—One person died and one was injured last Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle collision on FM 485, 6.7 miles northwest of Cameron.
According to the DPS, an eastbound Chevrolet SUV operated by Kenneth Drones Jr., 35, of Cameron drifted over the center line and was in collision with a westbound 2005 Freightliner 18-wheeler truck rig driven by 56-year-old David Shad-id of Diana.
Drones was pronounced dead at the scene.
Cameron firefighters were called to the scene to remove Drone’s body from the wreckage.
Investigators said the car hit the truck, careened into a guard rail, left the roadway and flipped over onto its side.
Shadid was not injured, according to the DPS.
SOUTH MILAM—One person was treated at Little River-Rockdale Hospital Monday afternoon after a two-vehicle collision east of Thorndale on US 79.
State Trooper Broderick Sims said the accident was reported at 3:01 p.m. on US 79, west of County Road 442.
Drivers were listed as Gerren Carter, 40, of Rockdale and 22-year-old Joaquin Hidalgo of Lufkin.
The trooper said the accident occurred during a heavy rainstorm.
Carter was transported from the scene by amblance to Little River Rockdale Hospital.
Hidalgo refused treatment at the scene.
Vehicle damages were termed moderate to extensive.
The Thorndale Volunteer Fire Department also responded to the scene.
The DPS said no report was filed concerning an ATV accident on private property, reported in the 9800 block of FM 486 at 6:47 p.m.
Thorndale firefighters, an ambulance crew and two sheriff’s department deputies were summoned to a report an ATV had overturned and that the driver was unconscious but breathing. A medical helicopter was also dispatched.
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