TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY – Camp County Fatal Accident

Number of Vehicles in Crash: 2               Number of Injured: 0                     Number killed: 1

Date & Time: 12/07/2021  4:45 AM

County: Camp

Location: US 271, approximately 400 feet north of Pittsburg, TX

Posted Speed Limit: 65 mph

Vehicle 1:  2017, Freightliner, truck-tractor towing a semi-trailer

Vehicle 2:  2010, Chevrolet, Malibu

Driver 1: 

Edward Salazar, male, 59 YOA, of Kilgore, TX.

Not injured

Seatbelt: Yes

Driver 2: Deceased 

Luis Arellano Velazquez, male, 23 YOA, of Hughes Springs, TX.

Pronounced by: J.P. Harold Kennington, at UT-Health East Texas – Pittsburg.

Seatbelt: No

Description:

Preliminary investigation indicates Unit 1 and towed trailer were traveling north on US 271 in the outside lane. Unit 2 was also traveling north on US 271 in the outside lane. Unit 2 failed to control speed and struck the back of the towed trailer.

Weather Condition: Clear

Road Conditions: Dry

Investigated By: Trooper Sandy Taylor,  DPS Gilmer