Accident on Northwest Loop 338Staff Report
NewsWest 9
ODESSA/MIDLAND - The roads proved deadly in the Basin on Tuesday morning.
There were two fatal crashes.
The first accident was a rollover wreck in Midland County on Highway 158 just before 7 a.m.
DPS Troopers tell NewsWest 9, a 2008 Ford F-150, driven by 41-year-old Delma Madrid, was traveling westbound on Highway 158 when the vehicle left the roadway, crashed into a fence and overturned.
Madrid was pronounced dead on the scene.
The accident report also stated that Madrid was not wearing a seatbelt.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
The other fatal crash happened around 5 a.m. on Northwest Loop 338 at mile marker 267 in Ector County.
DPS Officials tell NewsWest 9, a 2007 International Truck Tractor, which was towing a J&L Semi-Trailer, was traveling southbound on Loop 338 when a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt, driven by 26-year-old Jesus Rivera of Fort Stockton, was heading northbound when he drifted into the southbound lane and crashed head-on into the other truck.
Rivera was pronounced dead on the scene.
Officials tell NewsWest 9, Rivera was not wearing a seatbelt.
