Cole Sweeten Killed, John Sweeten Jr., Alyssa Brooks, Jaecee Bullvear and Natalie Sweeten Hospitalized after Winkler County 2-Vehicle Crash on SH 115
Winkler County, Texas (October 16, 2018) – The Kermit boy who was killed Sunday night in a two-vehicle crash which left four other people hospitalized in Winkler County has been identified as Cole Sweeten, 14, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The crash took place at around 10:25 p.m. October 14, on State Highway 115, north of Kermit.
DPS said John B. Sweeten Jr., 39, of Kermit, was driving a vehicle when he reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a trailer which was being towed by a Peterbilt truck.
Cole, who was the only one not wearing a seatbelt was taken to Winkler County Memorial Hospital in Kermit where he was pronounced dead.
Sweeten Jr.’s and his other passengers, Alyssa Brooks, 15, Jaecee Bullvear, 7, and Natalie Sweeten, 10, were taken to Winkler County Memorial Hospital in Kermit with incapacitating injuries.
The Peterbilt driver, Gualberto Donjuan Jr., 34, of San Antonio was uninjured in the crash.
The DPS is investigating the crash.