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Pregnant woman thrown from pickup bed in collision, killed
A pregnant woman was killed late Tuesday in Hamilton County she was thrown from the bed of a moving pickup that was struck by an 18-wheeler.
Heather Smith, 18, of Lampasas, and her unborn baby were pronounced dead just after 9:30 p.m. at the scene of the crash on State Highway 22 and Farm-to-Market Road 1602, about 10 miles east of Hamilton, a Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman said.
Smith had been riding in the bed of a 1997 Ford pickup, along with at least one other person, 18-year-old Kayla Bench of Lampasas. Although the report is unclear, apparently, inside the cab of the truck was Smith’s husband, 19-year-old Raymond Smith of Lampasas and 39-year-old Michael Wilson of Comanche, and 22-year-old Kassie Kepler of Lampasas. The pickup was driven by 24-year-old Wesley Kepler of Lampasas.
Bench, Raymond Smith, Wilson and the Keplers were injured in the wreck, the spokeswoman said. Their conditions were not available today.
The spokeswoman said that just before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday the pickup was traveling northeast on State Highway 22 and an 18-wheeler driven by Adaleerto Marquez of Clovis, New Mexico was traveling behind.
Kepler signaled his intent to turn left onto F.M. 1602, the spokeswoman said.
Marquez attempted to pass the pickup in a no-passing zone and struck the pickup’s rear quarter panel, the spokeswoman said. Heather Smith and Bench were thrown from the vehicle, she said.
Marquez was cited for passing in a no-passing zone, the spokeswoman said, and more citations against him were pending, the report indicated.
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