A wet roadway is listed

of Public Safety Trooper

as a factor in a 4-vehicle

Kyle Purnell reports.

last week on the west edge

The Maxwell vehicle

of Freestone county that

struck a glancing blow to a

claimed the life of a 23-

Dodge half-ton pickup

year-old Mexia man.

driven by Linda Brackens,

The wreck occurred at

56, of Fairfield, hit its driver's

4:21 p.m. Monday, Sept.

side against the driver's

14, on U.S. 84 west of

side of a Ford threequarter

Teague.

ton pickup driven

Killed was Brian

by Mark Grabs, 34, of

Maxwell.

Mexia, then was T-boned

The Mexia man was

by a Chevrolet half-ton

traveling west on U.S. 84

pickup driven by Ray

when his Dodge half-ton

Bostic, 57, of Teague.

truck hydroplaned on a wet

After the first collision,

road and slid into the eastbound

the Brackens vehicle traveled

lane of traffic, and

through grass on the

into the path of three other

north side of the road and

pickup trucks, Department

came to rest in a business parking lot. The other three vehicles stopped off south side of the highway.

Maxwell was pronounced dead at the scene by Peace Justice Shirley Mays, precinct four.

Bostic was taken by ambulance to Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia for treatment of injuries and was released.

The two other drivers, and a passenger in the Brackens vehicle, required no medical treatment.

Working the wreck with Purnell was Trooper Fred Thornton.