Freestone County, TX — September 14, 2024, 33-year-old David Link Jr. was killed in a single-vehicle accident on FM 488 in Freestone County.
Authorities say the incident happened just before 10 p.m. on Farm to Market Road 488 near FM 1124. Preliminary investigation suggests a 31-year-old woman was driving a Mazda 6 sedan north on the roadway when the car reportedly crashed into a bull (livestock) in the travel lanes. The vehicle took disabling damage in the impact and came to a stop in the roadway.
David Link Jr., a passenger in the Mazda, received critical injuries in the crash. He was airlifted to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The Mazda’s driver reportedly sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital by ambulance.
No further details are currently available.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
Depending on the part of Texas you’re in, seeing a cow or bull wandering in or through the road might not even come as a surprise. There’s plenty of ranches scattered all over the state, but livestock sometimes feels the urge to roam—and that can be a big problem when half a ton of beef ends up in the path of someone’s car.
From a legal perspective a bull in the road is a little like dropping a boat there: Someone probably owns it, it shouldn’t be there, and hitting it will cause serious problems. Just like leaving a boat in the road would be negligent on its owner’s part, farmers or ranchers letting animals roam off their property may have to answer for any harm those animals do.
There are still many urgent questions about this crash, like where the bull came from, how it got out, how long it was loose, how fast the car was traveling, what the driver was doing, and many others. In truth, preliminary reports barely scratch the surface of exactly how a man lost his life in Freestone County. His loved ones deserve some real answers about how that happened; will someone make sure they get them?
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