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Four Dead in Three-Vehicle Crash near New Summerfield

Posted/updated on: March 18, 2013 at 3:47 pm
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wreckNEW SUMMERFIELD (AP/Staff) – Four Palestine men were killed when the car in which they were riding slammed into another vehicle and a semi-truck while on the wrong side of a Cherokee County highway. The DPS says the crash happened just before 8:00 Saturday morning on U.S. Highway 79, 1.4 miles south of New Summerfield. Cherokee County Constable Eddie Lee says the vehicle with the four people in it was on the wrong side of the road when it sideswiped a sport utility vehicle and slammed head-on into the truck. No other injuries were reported.

The dead are identified as driver Michael Estrada, Christian Chavez, Jaime Benitez, and Saul Mancera. All died at the scene. All were 24 years of age except Mancera, who was 22. The DPS says Chavez was the only one wearing a seatbelt. According to KETK, Highway Patrol Officer Steven Crosby said it appeared that Estrada fell asleep. The highway was closed for almost nine hours as officials cleaned the area of debris and oil.



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