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Manage to Survive: Traffic Incident Management for First Responders

Texas Towing Driver Killed on Interstate 30

Saturday, July 21, 2012

The Texas Department of Public Safety reported that Billy Wooten Jr. was hit by an 18-wheeler at the 83 mile marker of eastbound Interstate 30, near the intersection of FM 1565, at around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday. At the time, Wooten was loading a vehicle for a DPS Trooper. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Sheila Linden.

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