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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY – Upshur County Fatal

 Number of Vehicles in Crash: 4             Number of Injured: 0                    Number killed: 1

 

Date & Time: 10/28/2022 & 9:55 A.M.

 

County: Upshur

 

Location: U.S. Highway 271, 4 miles north of Gilmer, Texas

 

Posted Speed Limit: 70 mph

 

Vehicle 1: 2018 GMC 1500 pickup

 

Vehicle 2: 2021 Kenworth Truck Tractor towing a 2016 Utility Trailer

 

Vehicle 3: 2011 Ford Taurus

 

Vehicle 4: 2019 Western Star Truck Tractor (legally parked & unattended)

 

 

Driver 1DECEASED

James R. Flanagan, male, 85 YOA of Longview, Texas

Seatbelt: No

Pronounced By: JP Rhonda Welch, on scene

  

Driver 2:

Rafael N. Flores, male, 42 YOA of Tyler, Texas.

Seatbelt: Yes

Not injured

  

Driver 3:

Joshua J. Harms, male, 44 YOA of El Paso, Texas

Seatbelt: Yes

Not injured

 

 

Description:

Preliminary investigation indicates that vehicle 2 was traveling south on U.S. Highway 271 and vehicle 3 was traveling north on U.S. Highway 271. Vehicle 1 was stopped on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 271 and the driver of vehicle 1 attempted to make a U-turn illegally. Vehicle 2 collided with vehicle 1, as vehicle 1 attempted the U-turn.  Vehicle 1 then struck vehicle 3 and vehicle 4.  This crash is still under investigation.

 

 

Weather Condition: Clear

 

Road Conditions: Dry

 

Investigated By: Trooper Mark Mckinney, DPS Pittsburg

                                                                                         

A preliminary crash report will be available for purchase online in 10 days.

 

Link: https://cris.dot.state.tx.us/public/Purchase/crashReportSearch.htm

 

 

Sergeant Adam Albritton

Texas Department of Public Safety

Safety Education / Media & Communications

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