Wreck Kills Overton Man, Shuts Down Highway for Several Hours
Posted/updated on: May 19, 2016 at 2:16 pm
GILMER — A three vehicle accident in Upshur County has killed an Overton man. The wreck occurred around 3:30 Wednesday morning on U.S. Highway 271 north of Gilmer. Dead at the scene was Robert Wayne Williams, 57. He was killed when his pickup pulling a utility trailer hit a truck involved in an earlier accident. An 18-wheeler traveling north, crossed into oncoming traffic, sideswiping another semi traveling south. The northbound truck tipped and landed across the roadway and was hit by Williams’ pickup. It took several hours to clean up chicken parts one truck spilled across the highway.
