Quinton Elonzo Airhart Killed, Gayland Kent Airhart and Donna Warren Airhart Injured in Car Crash on U.S. 87 in Howard County
Quinton Elonzo Airhart Killed, Gayland Kent Airhart and Donna Warren Airhart Injured in Howard County Two-Vehicle Crash on U.S. Highway 87
Howard County, Texas (December 24, 2020) – One person was killed and two others were injured in a two-vehicle crash on December 12 in Howard County, according to the Texas DPS.
The fatal crash happened around 9:15 p.m., on U.S. Highway 87, about 18 miles south of Lamesa near Ackerly.
According to DPS, a semi-truck, pulling a trailer, was traveling southbound on the highway when it attempted to make a U-turn, but it became stuck and obstructed the northbound lanes.
Quinton Elonzo Airhart, 79, of Ackerly, was driving an SUV northbound and he crashed into the trailer of the semi-truck.
Quinton was killed in the crash.
Two other people in the SUV, Gayland Kent Airhart, 75 and Donna Warren Airhart, 74, both of Lamesa, were taken to Medical Arts Hospital with incapacitating injuries.
The semi-truck driver was uninjured in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.
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