Area highway officials are still evaluating the traffic control situation at a new intersection just south of Lamesa that has now been the site of four major collisions – one resulting in a fatality – since it opened about seven weeks ago.
One person was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon in the latest collision at the “T” intersection of a new segment of State Highway 349 with Highway 87.
That collision involved a tractor-trailer rig and a dually pickup truck pulling a trailer.
According to a witness, the pickup was eastbound on Highway 349 and pulled in front of the 18-wheeler which was going ...