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DPS identifies victim in crash on SH 158
MIDLAND COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- The Texas Department of Public Safety has identified the victim killed in a crash Monday on State Highway 158 as 54-year-old Cameron C Cook, of Odessa.
Around noon on June 9, troopers responded to the area of SH 158 and County Road 1110 and found two vehicles, a Dodge Ram and a Freightliner with a trailer involved in a serious collision; traffic in the area was diverted for hours amid the ongoing investigation. According to a crash report, Cook was traveling westbound on SH 158 near CR 1110 in the left lane; meanwhile, a Freightliner with trailer was also traveling westbound on SH 158 in the left lane and was stopped, waiting to make a left hand turn into a private drive. Investigators said Cook failed to control his speed and rear-ended the trailer.
Cook, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Freightliner, identified as 60-year-old Romero Porfirio, of Stanton, New Mexico, was not injured.
The investigation is ongoing.
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