(October 7, 2008)--Police are investigating an accident that killed a woman after her car was crushed between two trucks Tuesday afternoon in Temple.
The victim was identified as Edna Mayo, 71, of Temple.
Police said Mayo was driving a Mazda 626 south in the northbound lane of North General Bruce Drive when she entered the H K Dodgen Loop intersection and the car was T-boned by a flat bed truck carrying wooden pallets.
The force of the collision pushed the car onto the bridge that crosses over Interstate 35 where it was hit by an eastbound 18-wheeler.
The car ended up sandwiched between the two trucks.
Police said Mayo was killed instantly.
The driver of the flatbed truck had to be cut out with the Jaws of Life.
He was taken to Scott and White Hospital with non life-threatening injuries to his legs.
The driver of the 18-wheeler was not injured.
The Temple Haz-Mat team was on scene because one of the trucks leaked a small amount of fuel onto the road.
The Temple Police Department’s Traffic Investigation Unit is performing a reconstruction investigation that will determine whether speed, alcohol or other factors may have contributed to the accident.
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