A 19-year-old Marble Falls High School graduate was killed in a head-on collision with a large fuel truck on Texas 71 near CR 413 in Spicewood at around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5.
According to a preliminary report by the Texas Department of Public Safety, Quincy Jette was driving a 2020 Subaru Outback eastbound on the wrong side of Texas 71 when his vehicle hit a westbound 2015 Peterbilt diesel tanker.
Jette was pronounced dead at the scene. The fuel truck driver received minor injuries.
“For an unknown reason, the Subaru was traveling on the wrong side of the road, resulting in a head-on collision,” according to the DPS report.
The accident resulted in a major traffic delay Thursday afternoon and evening, shutting down travel in both direction for hours.
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Every day I encounter the red lights on Highway 281 at Park Road 4 and at Delaware Creek. Nearly every day, I see people running those lights. On one occasion, I saw a woman slow down as if she was going to stop, then hit the gas. She had more than enough time to stop.
Don’t assume that lights will fix it. If you’re pulling out onto the highway at any of these locations, LOOK BOTH WAYS before pulling out even if you have a green light.
Very little law enforcement at these locations too.
JR
My office, Bee Creek Realty, faces Hwy 71 at Hollingsworth Corners. Every day, all day long I hear and see everything from the smallest motorcycles to the largest Semis screaming through the light here at spur 191 and Hwy 71. Semitrucks don’t even make an attempt to slow down for this light. They just start laying on their horns and fly on through. I can’t recall ever seeing a sheriff here on patrol, unless they were on watch for an individual, not ever! I see now there are plans in action to put a stop light at CR 413 and Hwy 71. With 2 stop lights I guess about 1500 feet apart I am hoping it will force a slowdown of some sort. A camera at this spot would reinforce my views.
I first started driving out this way in 1965. Back then it was a 2 lane road between Oak Hill and Hwy 281. The only place to get gas was the Bee Creek Pueblo at Bee Creek Road and Hwy 71. That building later became Bee Creek Realty in 1978. But even before that, our Hwy 71 was known as the deadliest stretch of highway in Texas. In spite of all the road improvements, medians, and traffic lights there doesn’t seem to be any great change in human nature. Except to say human intelligence continues to slide downhill as well as does man respect of man.
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Every day I encounter the red lights on Highway 281 at Park Road 4 and at Delaware Creek. Nearly every day, I see people running those lights. On one occasion, I saw a woman slow down as if she was going to stop, then hit the gas. She had more than enough time to stop.
Don’t assume that lights will fix it. If you’re pulling out onto the highway at any of these locations, LOOK BOTH WAYS before pulling out even if you have a green light.
Very little law enforcement at these locations too.
JR
My office, Bee Creek Realty, faces Hwy 71 at Hollingsworth Corners. Every day, all day long I hear and see everything from the smallest motorcycles to the largest Semis screaming through the light here at spur 191 and Hwy 71. Semitrucks don’t even make an attempt to slow down for this light. They just start laying on their horns and fly on through. I can’t recall ever seeing a sheriff here on patrol, unless they were on watch for an individual, not ever! I see now there are plans in action to put a stop light at CR 413 and Hwy 71. With 2 stop lights I guess about 1500 feet apart I am hoping it will force a slowdown of some sort. A camera at this spot would reinforce my views.
I first started driving out this way in 1965. Back then it was a 2 lane road between Oak Hill and Hwy 281. The only place to get gas was the Bee Creek Pueblo at Bee Creek Road and Hwy 71. That building later became Bee Creek Realty in 1978. But even before that, our Hwy 71 was known as the deadliest stretch of highway in Texas. In spite of all the road improvements, medians, and traffic lights there doesn’t seem to be any great change in human nature. Except to say human intelligence continues to slide downhill as well as does man respect of man.