HEWITT, Texas (KWTX) – A horrific site on I-35 in Hewitt Wednesday morning after a multi-vehicle crash caused a semi-truck and four other vehicles to go up in flames, taking the life of 39-year-old Jennifer James of Lorena and sending six others to the hospital.
DPS Sergeant Ryan Howard explained what, according to their investigation, led to the 9-vehicle accident that took someone’s mother, sister, and friend.
“Traffic was slowed as there was a road crew doing some type of road work,” Sgt. Howard said. “As they were doing that road work and traffic started slowing down this truck tractor still came in at a high rated speed, crashing into several other vehicles and truck tractors.”…