Two Locals Killed in Separate Overnight Car Fatalities Near Amarillo
By: Ashley Hinson
Updated: November 25, 2012
DPS officers said 52-year old truck driver, Lyndon Scott Howard from Levelland,
was pulling a tanker trailer with crude oil southeast bound on us 385, 3 miles
south of Hereford around 1040a.m.
Another car was attempting to turn North on County Road GG when Howard struck the car pushing it off the road into a tree.
Another car was attempting to turn North on County Road GG when Howard struck the car pushing it off the road into a tree.
Howard's semi then rolled over coming to a rest in a ditch and was pronounced dead at the scene.
And just one hour later, DPS said 77-year-old, Billy Earl Elrod from Brownfield, was driving a semi truck north bound on a service road on I-27 just south of canyon when he entered a curve at an unsafe speed flipping over.
Mr. Elrod was also pronounced dead at the scene.
