The NTSB said five crew members perished when the old bomber was hit from behind by a vintage P-63 Kingcobra on Saturday, November 12. The pilot of the P-63 was also killed.
Emergency first responders were dispatched to a rollover crash with injuries south of Christoval on U.S. 2777 South near Duff Rd. and the County Line around midnight last night.
Last year, Texas saw 48,641 traffic crashes during the holiday season—Dec. 1, 2021, through Jan. 1, 2022—which resulted in 433 fatalities and 1,695 serious injuries.
Reporters on the scene say in appears an older model red car was traveling at a high rate of speed, hit the brakes, went into a skid and rolled off the roadway through a fence and into a pasture.