Three Hereford residents were injured, and a Dimmitt man died from injuries sustained in a three-vehicle accident about 1 ½ miles south of Hereford on Thursday morning.
The initial report by Texas DPS troopers indicated a 2022 Ford Explorer, driven by Jaylee Edwards, 25 of Hereford, was traveling northbound on US 385, and struck the rear of a 2019 Chevrolet Malibu, driven by Lina Vallejo, 36 of Hereford, forcing the vehicle into the southbound lane where it was hit head-on by a 2004 Freightliner truck tractor semitrailer driven by Rosendo Rodriguez, 52 of Dimmitt. Following the collision, the truck traveled into the west ditch, striking several fixed objects before coming to rest in multiple pieces.
Rodriguez was transported to Hereford Regional medical center where he later died from injuries sustained in the crash.