One Killed, One Seriously Injured in Abilene Car Accident at Interstate 20 and Buck Creek Road
Abilene, Texas (December 4, 2018) – One person was killed and another was seriously injured Monday night in a wrong-way crash in Abilene, according to a local news source.
The deadly accident was reported at around 9:30 p.m. Monday, December 3 at the intersection of Interstate 20 and Buck Creek Road (mile marker 294) and involved two vehicles.
Authorities at the scene said they had received a report regarding a white car traveling in the wrong direction on westbound Interstate 20 at a high rate of speed.
The white car driver was declared dead at the scene of the accident.  The other person was extricated from one of the wrecked cars by emergency responders.
The names of the deceased and the injured victim have not been released.
The accident caused traffic snarl-up on westbound I-20.
No other details were immediately available.
The crash remains under investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety.