Van Zandt County, TX — June 10, 2024, William Boyd was killed as the result of a semi-truck accident around 2:56 a.m. along Interstate 20.
According to officials, the incident happened near FM 47, west of Myrtle Springs and Canton.
Investigators said that 48-year-old William Jason Boyd was in a Volkswagen that was disabled on eastbound lanes of I-20. A Freightliner tractor-trailer was approaching and struck the Volkswagen. Due ot this, William Boyd was reportedly killed.
Right now, additional details about the accident remain unconfirmed.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
One key detail I don’t see reports mention is visibility. Was this disabled vehicle well-lit with its emergency lights on? If so, most attentive drivers should be able to avoid that. I had a case not long ago where a driver failing to avoid a disabled vehicle was distracted watching movies on his tablet. Maybe nothing so egregious happened here, but that’s the sort of behavior investigators need to be on the lookout for. Did they pull electronic data and preserve any camera footage of the accident? Is there more to this crash than what was already made public?
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