Wood County Accident Kills Two
Posted/updated on: August 21, 2012 at 2:34 am
MINEOLA — A man who was reportedly sitting in the roadway and a motorcycle rider have been killed in a Wood County accident. The DPS says it happened just before 11:30 Friday night on U.S. Highway 80, 4 1/2 miles east of Mineola. Officials say the motorcycle, driven by Herbert Westly Owens, 52, of Alba, was westbound when it hit Kevin Dale Worsham, 35, of Quitman. Worsham was pronounced dead at the scene; Owens, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered a fractured skull and was hospitalized in critical condition at Tyler’s East Texas Medical Center. The DPS reports Owens died Sunday morning.
