One dead after two vehicle accident

WOOD COUNTY – One man died on Sunday after an 18-wheeler hydroplaned and crashed into his vehicle near Mineola. According to our news partner KETK, the Texas Department of Public Safety said that 45-year-old David Earl Johnson of Grand Saline was driving his vchicle west on Highway 80 about half a mile west of Mineola at around 10:47 a.m. on Sunday, as an 18-wheeler was heading east.

Johnson’s car was hit when the 18-wheeler hydroplaned on the wet roadway and crossed into the westbound lane of Highway 80. He was fatally injured in the crash and was later pronounced dead at the scene, according to DPS