Titus County Victims Identified
Posted/updated on: December 16, 2010 at 2:59 am
MOUNT PLEASANT – The victims in a Monday morning crash in Titus County have been identified. The accident happened around 4:45am on State Highway 49, eight miles east of Mount Pleasant. Dead at the scene were Javier Galvez, 34, of Winfield, who was driving a Pilgrim’s Pride truck, and Tommy Gilbert, 51, of Wichita, Kansas, whose refrigerated truck contained frozen pizzas. According to the Department of Public Safety, Galvez may have fallen asleep and his truck drifted across the roadway. He appears to have tried to get back in his lane but struck the oncoming truck head on. Both trucks then burst into flames.
