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Sunday, September 7, 2008
Four killed in collision on State Highway 6
Waco police say four people were killed in a head-on collision tonight on State Highway 6 near Bosque Boulevard.
About 8:25 p.m. a Chevrolet pickup was going west on Highway 6 near the Bosque Boulevard overpass when for unknown reasons it left the road, crossing the grass median and a metal barrier before going into oncoming traffic, said Waco Police Department spokesman Steve Anderson. The pickup struck an eastbound Toyota 4-Runner head-on.
The crumpled white SUV was left unrecognizable by the force of the impact.
Two women and two men were in the vehicles, and all were pronounced dead at the scene, Anderson said, though he was unsure who many were in each vehicle. Two of the people had been thrown from the vehicles in the collision, he said.
All four were adults, Anderson said. He was unsure if any were wearing seatbelts.
Police had only identified one of the victims as of late tonight, using a driver’s license the victim was carrying. That person’s name was not being released until family members had been notified, Anderson said.
The wreck caused police to shut down Highway 6 from about 8:30 p.m. Anderson said once accident investigators finish their work it was to be reopened, likely before dawn.
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Police investigating questionable death at YMCA
Waco police are investigating a questionable death at the Waco Family YMCA this evening, a police spokesman said.
A 68-year-old San Angelo man died while in a sauna about 5 p.m., said Waco police Sgt. Steve Graeter. Police found no signs of foul play, and a justice of the peace did not order an autopsy, authorities said.
The YMCA closed for the rest of the day after the death. It was unclear if the facility will reopen in the morning.
Check back at wacotrib.com for updates.
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Category Four Hurricane Ike headed for Cuba — Texas next?
Hurricane Ike, now a Category Four storm with 135 mph winds, is hitting the southeastern Bahamas now and expected to hit Cuba tonight. It’s already done substantial damage to the Turks and Caicos Islands and to Haiti.
So what happens after Ike is done with Cuba? We don’t really know yet. The big question is when, if ever, Ike will find a weak spot in the high-pressure ridge to the north that has kept Ike on its westward course. It was expected to have done so already — the Florida Keys are being evacuated on the possibility that it still might — but the computer models are sending the storm farther and farther west. At this point — and remember, a Gulf Coast landfall is still about a week away, an eternity in terms of forecasting — almost anywhere on the coast is a possible target.
As for intensity, a lot depends on how much interaction Ike has with Cuba. If, as expected, the storm spends a lot of time over the island, Ike will be weakened considerably. Whether Ike would restrengthen once in the open Gulf, or be kept off balance by wind shear as Gustav was, is something we just can’t say yet. Stay tuned…
