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Two killed in Tuesday collision
Published March 18, 2009
SEGUIN — Two Guadalupe County residents were killed in a collision on U.S. Highway 90A Tuesday morning that authorities believe was caused by dense fog.
Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Larry Morawietz pronounced Dan Delgado Jr., 55, of Seguin and Kristi McCoy, 37, of Kingsbury dead at the scene of the 7:05 a.m. accident on U.S. Highway 90A just northeast of Randolph Auxiliary Field at Weber Road.
Department of Public Safety Trooper Greg Hendry said the accident was believed to have occurred when Delgado, who lived on Weber Road, pulled out in front of a semi-rig hauling a load of gravel eastbound on US 90A.
“This blue Chevrolet was coming off Weber Road and this tractor was going eastbound,” Hendry said. “The blue car, driven by Mr. Delgado, pulled out in front of the tractor, the truck clipped him and came over the line after it hit the blue car, and struck that red truck driven by Ms. McCoy. The drivers of both passenger vehicles are deceased.”
The driver of the semi-rig, a 54-year-old El Campo man, was uninjured in the accident, but the tractor he was driving was destroyed by the impact.
Two teenagers, a boy and a girl riding in the McCoy vehicle, suffered injuries that were believed to be non-life threatening.
Seguin Fire Department paramedics treated them at the scene and they were taken by ambulance to Guadalupe Regional Medical Center.
A family member of one of the victims who came upon the scene sometime after the accident was also treated at the scene and taken to GRMC for further evaluation. Their conditions were not known.
Seguin Fire Department Battalion Chief Jimmy Vogel said firefighters arrived at the scene in dense fog.
“I come in to work that way, and half an hour before the accident, it was clear,” Vogel said. “We got back out there and could hardly see. The weather moved in really fast.”
Vogel said rescue crews set to work immediately cutting victims from the vehicles.
“We had one, apparently, in the car off the north side of 90A who was very much pinned in,” Vogel said. “The red truck was off on the south side of 90A with three victims in it.”
Delgado’s vehicle had to be cut open, Vogel said.
“It took a while to get that person out,” Vogel said. “We had to take that car pretty much apart.”
US 90A was closed for three hours while a salvage crew worked to remove the semi-rig.
Hendry said no citations were issued in connection with the accident, which remained under investigation Tuesday.
“The fog this morning was so thick, you couldn’t see from here to that truck,” Hendry said, pointing to a salvage vehicle about 50 feet away. “The heavy fog and the low visibility are the reasons this accident happened.”
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