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Local man uninjured in tractor v. truck wreck

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Riley Wade had a close encounter with semi-truck last week when it ran into the John Deere tractor he was driving.

Emergency personnel look over the aftermath of a tractor versus semi accident east of Clarendon about 1.5 miles last Wednesday, May 31.

DPS Trooper Lynn Mays said 17-year-old Riley Wade of Clarendon was driving a John Deere tractor eastbound on US 287 partially on the shoulder when he was struck by a semi-tractor trailer rig driven by Roberto Lowrie, 45, of Harlingen. Mays said driver inattention on the part of the trucker for is to blame for the accident.

Mays said the truck tried to turn to the left as it struck the tractor in the left rear tire, sending the tractor into the south ditch. The truck turned on its side as plowed down two trees in the center median before coming to rest.

Wade was uninjured, and Lowrie was transported to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo where he was treated and released.

Lowrie will receive a citation for failure to control speed, Mays said.

Emergency personnel respond to an overturned semi-truck that wrecked after colliding with a John Deere tractor last week near Clarendon.

UPDATED: Highway accident kills four in Armstrong County

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Four people died in a two-vehicle accident west of Clarendon on US 287 last Friday morning,  November 4.

According to Department of Public Safety Sgt. Cindy Barkley, a 2016 Ford Explorer driven by 25-year-old Andre Arango-Lopez of Spring, Texas, was eastbound going the wrong way in the westbound lane on US 287. Coming westbound on US 287, 42-year-old Abdul Mirzada of Tracy, Calif., was driving a 2012 Freightliner truck tractor semi-trailer when he observed the Explorer approaching.

Mirzada attempted to avoid the collision by veering left but was unsuccessful as both vehicles collided head-on in the inside lane.

Arango-Lopez, along with his three passengers – Fredy Mateo-Lopez, Uriel Lopez Y Lopez, Kenis Lopez-Martinez, all aged 19 and all of Guatemala – were pronounced deceased on scene by Armstrong County Justice of the Peace Jana Lemons.

Mirzada was not injured in the accident. Everyone involved were wearing their seatbelts.

Traffic was backed up on US 287 for several hours as the passing lanes were closed in both directions.

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