HOCKELY COUNTY, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety said one person died in a crash Saturday night at Foster Road and U.S. Highway 62. The location was between Wolfforth and Ropesville in Hockley County.
DPS said a pickup truck, driven by Monti Johnson, 26, of Lubbock, was going northeast on Highway 62. The pickup was pulling a U-haul trailer.
DPS said an SUV, driven by Roger Dale Grizzard, 72, Weatherford, was headed east on Foster Road. DPS said the SUV drove into the path of the pickup truck at the intersection of Foster Road and Highway 62.
Grizzard was pronounced dead at the scene. His passengers, Jeannie Grizzard, 67, of Weatherford, and Roger Tyler Grizzard, 38, were taken to University Medical Center with “incapacitating injuries,” according to DPS.
Johnson was not injured, according to DPS.