Two crashes in the Brazos Valley Tuesday night killed four people.
DPS trooper Jimmy Morgan says west of Hearne on Highway 79, a car pulled over and started an attempt to make a U-turn was struck by a semi. The driver of the car was killed, 29 year old Gerald Stewart-Dykes of Milano, along with eight year old Jaylon Dykes. A second passenger, 23 year old Torilynn Thompson of Bryan, was hospitalized in critical condition. The trucker, 34 year old Brian Ritter of Bremond…who was driving for Sanderson Farms…was not injured.
And in Grimes County, there was a head on crash on Highway 90 between Roans Prairie and Singleton. Morgan says the driver of a southbound car in the northbound lane, 43 year old Robert Gonzales of Grapevine, was killed. A passenger in the northbound car, 64 year old Shirley Roberson of Marshall, was also killed…while the driver…36 year old Shareeta Benson of Longview, was taken to a Bryan hospital where their condition is not known.