On Saturday morning around 6 a.m., a Midland County chain reaction wreck on East Highway 158 close to County Road 130 involved four vehicles, claimed two lives, and seriously injured one other man. Gonzalo Barraz, 47, crashed head-on into 19-year-old Zachary Antonio Dibble’s pickup with his pickup truck on Highway 158. Both men died at the scene of the violent impact.

Ernesto Chapa Villarreal, 46, in another pickup truck, then struck the Dibble vehicle. Eulogio Carrillo Espeleta, driving a passenger van, subsequently hit Ernesto Villarreal’s truck. Mr. Villarreal was transported to the hospital with serious injuries from the Midland County chain reaction wreck. Three of the four vehicles involved in the fatal crash were completely totalled. (Source: Tyler White, Mywesttexas.com, 4/28/13)

The Texas truck accident attorneys at Denena Points, PC express their condolences to the families and friends of Mr. Barraz and Mr. Dibble. We also wish Mr. Villarreal a safe and complete recovery from the injuries he received in the tragic Midland County chain reaction wreck.

Some Midland County Intersections among the Most Dangerous Spots on Texas Roads

Our Texas truck accident attorneys recently posted an article containing data from TxDOT showing that 6 intersections in Midland County and in Ector County present the highest risks of fatal road accidents in the entire state. Saturday’s tragic accident on Highway 158, the 14th fatal Midland County wreck this year and the 3rd on Highway 158, provides sad support of the TxDOT analysis.

The high traffic volume engendered by the Texas oil boom in the Permian basin is partly to blame for the high numbers of fatal road accidents in Midland County. Click the link to read more about your risk from the increasing numbers of fatal road accidents in the Texas oil boom regions.

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