One killed in Texas 71 collision
A woman was killed in a head-on collision on Texas 71 on Sunday, July 27. The accident happened near the CR 306 intersection in southeast Llano County.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, a 2009 Dodge truck traveling westbound on the highway drifted over the center lane into eastbound traffic and collided with two vehicles. The truck sideswiped a Hyundai Santa Fe before hitting another Santa Fe head on.
The driver of the second Santa Fe, Maria Tinoco, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Law enforcement have notified her next of kin, and an investigation into the crash was still open as of July 29.
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I was leaving Marble heading south on 281 just south of the where the two new convenience stores are when an oncoming white F-250 blew a left front tire and shot across the highway in front of me and into the ditch to my right. If I had been a few seconds further up the road it would have been a catostrophic head-on between two Ford Super Duty trucks travelling at speed. It happened so fast, there was no time to react. The driver may have instinctivly hit the brake because the truck that truck changed direction in an instant.
In my opinion, head on crashes can occur on 71 because some shoulders are narrower than drivers think they are. When a distracted/impaired driver drifts off the right shoulder, the vehicle lurches to the right, and instinctively the driver pulls hard left, where, when the tire regains the pavement, the vehicle shoots off to the left into oncoming traffic, sometimes with fatal results. I don’t know that’s the situation here, but it’s a possibility.
We need more police on Hwy 71
I don’t understand why people can’t stay on their own side of the road. It really frightens me.
Many of these can be avoided by not driving in the inside lane unless actively passing another car. Safe Driving 101
Agreed!! Hate to say it but phones most definitely phones!