(March 16, 2007)—A 46-year-old Central Texas man who shot himself after he drove a pickup truck carrying two propane tanks with fully opened valves into the house where his ex-girlfriend lives south of Rockdale died Friday at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin.

Frank Douglas Ray of Lexington died around 10:40 a.m. Friday, the Milam County Sheriff’s Office said.

An autopsy was ordered.

Milam County investigators say Ray drove his truck late Thursday afternoon through a wall of the residence of his estranged girlfriend at 4584 FM 908.

Nearly 20 officers responded to the call, along with volunteer firefighters and paramedics.

The first officers to arrive found Ray inside the pickup where had shot himself after driving the truck fully inside the house.

He was flown by helicopter to Austin in critical condition.

Investigators think the valves of the two propane tanks in the truck were left open in an attempt to spark an explosion.

A 20-year-old woman was trapped under the vehicle.

She was airlifted to an area hospital with what the Milam County Sheriff’s Office said appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries.

Her name was not immediately available.

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