An Arkansas resident died after a crash in Oldham County on Monday afternoon, March 23, while he was traveling through the Texas Panhandle, authorities said.
According to a preliminary investigation, a 2020 Volvo Truck Tractor towing a semi-trailer was traveling west on I-40 west of Vega about 4:48 p.m. when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle left the roadway.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said the truck tractor traveled across the north service road, went through a fence, and struck multiple parked semitrailers along the fenceline of a private property.
The Volvo sustained significant damage.
The driver, 77-year-old Wayne Ollis Bald Knob, Arkansas, suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to Amarillo Northwest Texas Hospital, where he later died.
The road conditions were clear and dry with a posted speed limit of 75 mph, and Ollis had been wearing a seatbelt. The crash remains under investigation.
This article originally appeared on Amarillo Globe-News: Arkansas man, 77, dies after crash near I-40 in Oldham County
Reporting by Kristina Wood, Amarillo Globe-News / Amarillo Globe-News
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