Names of San Angelo crash victims released
Two men who died within days of each other after crashes in San Angelo have been identified, and police suspect one driver suffered a medical incident before his wreck.
Jerry Mills, 77, of San Angelo was driving a red 2020 Yamaha moped north in the 500 block of North Bryant Boulevard about 9:04 p.m. March 7 when he wrecked, according to a crash report from the Texas Department of Transportation.
Mills turned on his turn signal and appeared to have possibly attempted to turn right on West Sixth Street, a San Angelo police investigator said in the crash report. The moped hit a curb, and Mills was thrown off the vehicle.
A city ambulance transported Mills to Shannon Medical Center, and he was pronounced dead at 9:30 p.m. that day, according to the crash report and a media release from San Angelo police. He was not wearing a helmet.
In a separate incident, Jackey Davis, 60, was driving a silver 2021 Dodge Ram 1500 at 10:58 a.m. March 9, according to a TXDOT crash report.
Davis was driving south in the 400 block of U.S. Highway 87 South when his pickup left the road and ran into a concrete pillar for the crossing avenue overpass, according to the report and a media release.
He had suffered a stroke about two weeks before the collision and was in an emergency department the night before, the investigator said in the report. The driver is believed to have experienced a medical incident before the crash.
Davis was pronounced dead at the scene, the media release said. SAPD extended condolences to the families impacted by the crashes.
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Trish Choate is the executive editor for the Abilene Reporter-News, San Angelo Standard-Times and Wichita Falls Times Record News. Contact Trish with news tips at tchoate@gannett.com. Read her recent work here. Her X handle is @Trishapedia.
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