IRA, TX — The Texas Highway Patrol reported a fatality on Monday, February 12, 2024, at 1:30 P.M. in which 24-year-old Seth Thomas Boynton from Ira Texas, was killed in a head-on vehicle car crash.
The Texas Highway Patrol reported that on a clear day with dry roads, two vehicles were traveling in opposite directions on FM 1609 when Boynton, who was driving southbound failed to drive in a single lane, swerving into the Northbound lane.
Fatal Car Crash on FM 1609
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Dirt Roads Off of FM 1609
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The driver of the northbound vehicle, 26-year-old Cameron Scott Johnson from Snyder Texas, tried to avoid the crash by steering left toward the Southbound lane, away from Boynton.
Unfortunately, Boynton also decided to take evasive action and tried to steer back to the southbound lane and struck Johnson head-on, causing his vehicle to rapidly catch fire, killing him.
Both Johnson and a passenger in his vehicle, 30-year-old Stephan Jaron Gunderson were transported to Cogdell Memorial with incapacitating injuries but remain in stable condition.
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