Brazoria County, TX — May 22, 2024, Travis Finch was killed following a semi-truck accident at around 2:51 p.m. along Farm-to-Market 521.
Investigators said in preliminary statements that the accident happened in the area of F.M. 521 and County Road 567, near Bonney.
Initial details about the accident say that 40-year-old Travis Finch was in a Toyota Tundra going northbound along F.M. 521. A Peterbilt tractor-trailer was going southbound. Somehow, the vehicles ended up colliding with one another. As a result, Finch was killed. There were no other reported injuries.
Right now, exact details can’t be confirmed. Even if there was more info here, I’d take it with a grain of salt without a more thorough accident reconstruction. I’ve learned through my career that crossovers involving commercial vehicles are rarely that simple, and authorities aren’t always equipped to get the whole story.
For example, I handled a situation a while back involving a family who wanted a second opinion following the police investigations. Authorities said their loved one veered over the center line and hit an 18-wheeler head-on. More thorough independent investigations, though, revealed something a lot more serious. What actually happened was the 18-wheeler drifted over the center line, and the victim swerved left to avoid it. The 18-wheeler then returned to its original lane, resulting in the collision.
To be clear, I have no reason right now to think that happened here. The point is that authorities aren’t always able to conduct a thorough, exhaustive investigation, and it can lead to false conclusions and incomplete reports. That’s why authorities who are thorough in their efforts usually leave families satisfied they’re getting the whole story. Otherwise, when a family feels there are still unanswered questions, there’s more than enough reason to have a second set of eyes find out if anything important slipped through the cracks.
call us 
Email Us 
Text us