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Rollover claims life of Brackett man
Published August 6, 2006
A man lost his life Saturday when the vehicle he was driving flipped twice on U.S. Highway 90.
Raymond Arthur Darling of Brackettville was the sole occupant of his 2003 Toyota Camry when he crashed approximately 12 miles west of the small town.
The accident occurred at approximately 3 p.m. Saturday.
Darling, 83, had to be removed from his vehicle by Val Verde County Rural Volunteer Fire Department firefighters.
Firefighters used the Jaws of Life to cut and pull back the roof of the vehicle to free Darling, who had already perished.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper II Enrique Treviño, Darling sustained severe injuries to his head and torso during the accident.
Treviño suspects Darling was eating at the time of the accident because food was found within the car.
According to Treviño, Darling was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the accident.
That was the second accident on the highway Treviño responded to Saturday.
Treviño said that earlier that morning he responded to another single vehicle accident in an area of the highway directly past the base where construction on the roadway is ongoing.
According to Treviño, he responded to that accident at 7:50 a.m. after a passerby noticed a wrecked vehicle off the highway and phoned it in to authorities.
Treviño said the vehicle was a 1997 Mercury Sable that had crashed into a fence, but no one was at the accident scene when he arrived.
The driver of the vehicle, Gary Ruiz Guevara, was located approximately three hours later and told Treviño he had fallen asleep while driving to his home in San Antonio.
Guevara said his wife was following him when the accident happened around 3 a.m. and picked him up.
Guevara was cited for failing to report the accident to law enforcement.
Treviño said it is required by law for anyone involved in a motor vehicle accident to report it to officials.
Guevara’s accident is the third the News-Herald has reported on in the area on highway 90 that is under construction and according to law enforcement several others have occurred on that stretch of roadway, including one that resulted in the death of Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office Lt. James Sunderland in June.
Law enforcement warns drivers to exercise extreme caution when traveling that portion of highway, especially during rainy weather.
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