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I-35 accident victim is daughter of Bellmead police chief
Highway authorities today identified Ronda Latrice Harold, 37, daughter of longtime Bellmead Police Chief Robert Harold, as the woman who was struck and killed early Tuesday morning while crossing Interstate 35.
A Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman said that just before 4:20 a.m., the driver of a northbound 2005 Nissan pickup truck struck the Waco resident near the Craven Avenue exit in Lacy-Lakeview. The spokesman said the driver didn’t see the woman crossing the interstate.
A spokesman for McDowell Funeral Home said this evening funeral arrangements are pending.
DPS spokesman Frank McKinney earlier told the Tribune-Herald that the usual high speeds of interstate traffic combined with pre-dawn lighting made crossing the highway perilous.
“That time of morning, the lighting is not very good, and when you have a vehicle traveling at interstate speeds and there’s a pedestrian attempting to cross the interstate, it’s not a good situation,” McKinney said.
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By Chief Alberto Melis
September 5, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this
Bob, my friend, Carol and mine prayers will be with you and yours in the loss of Ronda. Words are insufficient at a time like this. -Alberto