The Texas Department of Public Safety on Monday released information about a deadly crash Friday afternoon in Deaf Smith County. DPS said Laura Hernandez-Cervantes, 34, of Hereford died on the scene.
DPS said Hernandez-Cervantes was driving a pickup truck 4 miles west of Hereford along U.S. Highway 60. DPS said she made an “improper turn” into the path of an 18-wheeler driven by Cary Shoults, 56, of Sulphur Springs.
DPS said both the pickup truck and the 18-wheeler were going westbound. The pickup truck was in the outside line. The 18-wheeler was in the inside lane.
DPS said Hernandez-Cervantes was “attempting to turn left into the center median crossover” from the outside lane. The 18-wheeler hit her pickup truck on the driver side.
A 10-year-old girl in the pickup truck was not injured according to DPS. Shoults was also not injured according to DPS. Everyone involved did wear their seat belts according to DPS.