(July 18, 2008)—A grand jury will review evidence after police say a 70-year-old driver caused a fatal rollover by making an illegal left turn in Lufkin and then just hours later drove into the back of a stopped car, setting off an eight-vehicle chain reaction pileup that left the elderly man and another person injured.
A medical advisory board will review whether Isaac Melvin Milstid of Houston should have his driver's license revoked, authorities said, and case is also expected to go before a grand jury.
Police allege Milstid made an illegal left turn early Wednesday afternoon in Lufkin that caused a car in which five people were riding to roll, killing Bertress Allen, 75, of Gladewater.
A 5-year-old passenger was ejected onto the highway.
Lufkin police say Milstid didn't show signs of being intoxicated or of having health problems.
But four hours later, in Diboll, police say Milstid was driving about 70 miles-per-hour when he rear-ended a car that was stopped at a red light.
That caused a chain-reaction that led to accidents involving five other cars and a tractor-trailer.
Milstid and two others were injured in the second accident.
Milstid was cited for failure to control speed in the second accident.
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