Gary Porter ID’d as Driver Killed in Rusk County Two-Vehicle Crash on US-259 and FM-918
Rusk County, Texas (August 31, 2018) – The identity of the driver who was killed Wednesday afternoon in a traffic accident in Rusk County has been disclosed, according to a local news source.
The victim has been identified as Gary Glenn Porter, 38, of Gilmer.
The fatal crash happened at about 3:30 p.m. August 29, at the intersection of US-259 and FM-918, south of Kilgore.
As per the article, a 2018 Mack truck-tractor towing a tanker trailer was heading northbound on US-259 and merged waiting to make a turn onto FM-918. At the same time, a 2015 Ford F-350 driven by Porter was heading northbound in the left lane of US-259. The Ford drifted for an unknown reason, into the turn lane and rear-ended the tanker trailer.
Porter was pronounced dead at the scene. The operator of the Mack truck, 46-year-old Reginal Charles Sherow, of Henderson was uninjured in the crash.
An investigation into the crash is underway.
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