A Mineola resident who got out of his pickup truck after striking a guardrail was subsequently hit by an SUV.
He is 48-year-old Lesley Paul Clanton.
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The Texas Department of Public Safety’s accident reports said the accident occurred after 4 a.m. on Saturday on US Highway 259 about six miles north of Longview.
DPS said Clanton was heading north on the highway when his 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 struck a guardrail.
He got out of the vehicle to assess the damage and got hit by a Chevrolet Tahoe.
The SUV was driven by Bertha Idalia Venzor of Ore City and she hit both Clanton and his car.
Clanton was declared dead at the scene while Venzor did not receive any injuries.
There is no information on what caused Clanton to crash into the guardrail or why Venzor ended up striking it.
It is not known what caused Clanton to crash his car initially or how Venzor came to strike him.
Officials have not revealed whether Venzor will be cited or charged.
However, investigations into the accident are ongoing.
In the first three months of the year, Texas recorded a six percent increase in road deaths. This is according to statistics from the National Safety Council.
The NSC said preliminary data also suggests that the country’s roads have become more “lethal” during the coronavirus pandemic.
There was a 14 percent year-on-year rise in fatalities per miles driven in March even in the face of an eight percent drop in the total number of traffic deaths.
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