Mustang Ridge, TX — September 28, 2025, one person was injured in a car accident at about 4 a.m. on State Highway 21/Camino Real.
A preliminary accident report indicates that a westbound 2017 Kenworth semi-truck collided with a 2017 Nissan Rogue that was going north on the access road for U.S. Route 183.
The Nissan driver, a 41-year-old woman whose name has not been made public yet, was seriously injured in the crash, according to the report.
The two people in the truck were not hurt, the report states.
No citations or charges have been filed in the wake of the crash, according to the report.
Authorities have not released any additional information about the Caldwell County crash at this time.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
When someone hears about a collision between a passenger car and an 18-wheeler in the early hours of the morning, they naturally want to understand: What went wrong? Who had the right of way? Could this have been avoided? Unfortunately, the preliminary reports don’t yet provide those answers.
According to what’s been released, a semi-truck traveling west on State Highway 21 collided with a Nissan Rogue coming north on the U.S. 183 access road. One person was seriously injured, but without more detail, we’re left with a number of unanswered questions that would be critical to determining liability.
First and foremost: Where exactly did the vehicles meet: at an intersection, a merge point or something else? Depending on the configuration of the roads and traffic control devices (stop signs, yield signs, traffic lights), responsibility for the crash could shift dramatically. If the access road intersected Highway 21 and one of the drivers had a stop sign, that’s a major piece of the puzzle. As of now, the report doesn’t tell us.
Next, was the truck in motion or already in the intersection? If the truck entered the intersection improperly — say, by failing to yield or running a red light — that could suggest the driver bears responsibility. But if the Nissan driver failed to yield or tried to beat the truck across the highway, then different questions arise.
Beyond those basics, any serious investigation should examine driver behavior and technology records. For the truck, that includes black box data, dash cams and cell phone records. These tools can reveal if the truck driver was speeding, braking suddenly or distracted in the moments leading up to the crash. In my experience, those objective facts often tell a clearer story than witness statements or surface-level crash reports.
The trucking company’s role also can’t be overlooked. Was the driver properly trained and rested? Was the vehicle roadworthy? I’ve handled cases where companies hired drivers with red flags in their records or skipped meaningful evaluations. One case I handled involved a driver who’d been fired multiple times but was still cleared to operate a big rig after a laughably short road test. That poor hiring decision ended in disaster, and the company paid the price because they had every chance to avoid putting an unfit driver behind the wheel.
In short, there’s a lot we don’t yet know about what happened in this crash, and assigning blame too early does no one any favors. The real question is: Has anyone taken the steps to gather and analyze all the relevant evidence? Because that’s the only way to get the truth: not guesses, not assumptions, but proof.
Key Takeaways:
- It’s unclear from the report who had the right of way or how the vehicles met in the intersection.
- Critical facts — like traffic signals, road layout and whether either vehicle failed to yield — remain unknown.
- Evidence like black box data, dash cams and cell phone records can help reconstruct what really happened.
- Trucking company practices, including hiring and training, may play a role and must be scrutinized.
- A proper investigation should focus on objective evidence, not assumptions, to determine who is truly responsible.
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