Posted 10:29 am Thursday, June 26, 2008
Man Dies After His Car Crashes Into Tractor-Trailer
ATHENS — A Eustace man died Wednesday when his Ford Focus crashed into a tractor-trailer.
Athens Police Lt. Mike Davis said 68-year-old Billy Dwain Wyche was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident at the intersection of Loop 7 and Farm-to-Market Road 1616 Wednesday afternoon.
“For whatever reason, it appears that Mr. Wyche drove his 2007 Ford Focus under an 18-wheeler that was in a safety zone, a widened section of the highway, where the truck was attempting to make a left turn,” he said. “There was no sign of any braking from Wyche.”
Wyche was pronounced dead at the scene by Henderson County Precinct 6 Justice of the Peace Milton Adams.
Davis said Wyche’s body was sent to the Southwest Institute for Forensic Sciences in Dallas for an autopsy.
Davis said Wyche’s body was sent to the Southwest Institute for Forensic Sciences in Dallas for an autopsy.
