Accident Victim Identified
Posted/updated on: November 20, 2010 at 7:38 am
LINDALE — A wreck on I-20 Wednesday leaves one person dead and sends another to a local hospital. it happened just after 2 p.m. near mile marker 552 in Lindale. Firefighters tell KETK the wreck involved two trucks and a pickup pulling a trailer. I-20 westbound lanes in the Lindale area were shut down for awhile until hazmat crews cleaned up oil and Diesel that spilled on the road. The man killed in the wreck was
34-year-old Brandon Scott Merrick of Grand Prairie. Lindale Police say Merrick was heading west and rear-ended another truck, causing a domino effect. Traffic was already at a stand-still because of another wreck. An investigation is underway.
