Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on Highway 96 near Old Evandale Road in Hardin County, Texas.
What Happened: A tractor-trailer allegedly pulled out of a private driveway and struck a pickup truck.
Participants:
- Wendell Dewayne Turner, driver of Ford F-250 pickup truck
- Driver of tractor-trailer
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Wendell Dewayne Turner, 55, injured
Details:
On or about February 22nd, 2022, around 10:40 in the morning, an accident between a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer sent a 55-year-old man to the hospital. Local law enforcement representatives said the accident was reported along Highway 96 not far from the exchange with Old Evandale Road in Hardin County, Texas.
Authorities said 55-year-old Wendell Dewayne Turner was injured when a tractor-trailer allegedly pulled out of a private driveway and struck Turner’s Ford F-250 pickup truck along Highway 96. Emergency responders transported Turner to a nearby hospital with incapacitating injuries after the accident.
According to Google Maps, Hardin County is about 85 miles northeast of downtown Houston.
Multiple agencies responded to the scene of the accident in order to assist.