Fatal Crash Involves a Horse Trailer on U.S. 67 North

 

SAN ANGELO, TX — A major crash on U.S. 67 in front of Howard College just happened. All northbound lanes are closed, as San Angelo Police attempt to manage a very bad crash scene, as of 12:40 a.m. Sunday morning.

Involved is a truck and horse trailer. There may be fatalities, including the a fatality of a horse.

We are at the scene and will provide updates as they are available.

Update 1:37 a.m.

One person was killed early Sunday morning in a single vehicle crash. According to San Angelo police, a northbound Ram pickup towing a horse trailer careened out of control in front of Howard College on U.S. 67 in the northbound lanes.

SAPD traffic investigator Cade Solsbery said the truck struck a streetlight in the center median and then continued ahead to strike a pole holding a traffic signal.

Solsbery said the driver is dead, and so is one horse that was in the horse trailer. A second horse was located a quarter mile north of the crash scene. The condition of the horse is unknown, as first responders are tending to it. 

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KT1, Sun, 09/24/2017 - 04:10

Couldn't think of a better way to say the driver is deceased?

Would you believe that's exactly how they said it over the radio? We heard it on a scanner at work when it happened.

KT1, Tue, 09/26/2017 - 07:59

An officer did or who? Normally we say something like, driver is 42 or possibly fatality, but it was a very intense call, and sometimes the words you would usually use seem to be lost. This was a tough call... But seeing a journalist use it where it's there for everyone to read just doesn't seem right, but that's just my opinion.

I hate the way they say the person is dead. Surely they are smart enough to say it in a more professional manner but then again maybe not. If that was my family member that would be very upsetting to read that as it was written. Have a heart people.

live, Mon, 09/25/2017 - 11:16

The AP style is to use "dead", "death", "died" when describing things like this.  I don't know what would be more 'professional.' --Joe

KT1, Tue, 09/26/2017 - 08:02

I can't tell you how to write, sir, I know you are going to have your own style and so forth, but maybe even the driver has died... Or had passed is a little easier to stomach than how it was worded. I'm not a sensitive person, and usually it doesn't bother me how things are worded, but this one got me.

Dead as a doornail wow you really are heartless that's sad maybe you should try using causing death or perhaps deceased wow that's disgusting what you wrote

I am sick of everyone couching their language in a PC fashion. There is nothing wrong with using the word "dead". It has the same meaning as: deceased, succumbed to injuries, fatality.
When did use of the word 'dead' become brutal? Quibbling over the use of the word 'dead' in a news publication is ludicrous!

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