Jasper County, TX — May 9, 2024, Homer Crawford was killed and one person was injured after a car accident at around 12:25 a.m. along U.S. Highway 96.
Authorities said in preliminary statements that the accident took place just outside of Evadale on U.S. 96.
According to officials, 73-year-old Homer Crawford and an unidentified woman were in a Dodge Ram pickup going northbound on U.S. 96. For reasons unconfirmed, the vehicle went off the left side of the road where it crashed into the end of a guardrail. The vehicle then overturned. Crawford was killed as a result while the woman in the pickup had reportedly serious injuries.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
Right now, no further information is available to report. With single-vehicle accidents, things can often be a lot more complex than people may realize. They’re rarely simple, and they can involve anything from mechanical issues to tire blowouts to drivers illegally over-served by a bar to medical conditions. If authorities aren’t motivated to consider even unlikely possible factors, they could miss something important. Did that happen here, or were authorities able to come up with answers that left no doubts or holes in the story?
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