Local News
Pot found in vehicle of double-fatality wreck
Danie M. Huffman
Lone Star News Group
A Texas Department of Public of Safety report on a double-fatality wreck June 20 east of Mineral Wells states marijuana was found inside the car.
The head-on crash involving a car and a motorcycle happened in the westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 180 at Saddle Club Road.
Around 11 p.m., Janet E. Barrett, 57, of The Colony, was driving a 1994 Mazda Miata. Robert O. Byrd, also 57, of Weatherford, was driving a 2002 ASVE motorcycle.
Authorities said marijuana was found in Barrett’s vehicle inside a pill bottle with the label removed.
According to the report, Barrett was traveling east on U.S. 180 and Byrd was traveling west.
Trooper Don DeLukie said it is unknown why Barrett was in the wrong lane.
A witness reported Byrd having passed them just before the accident happened, but said he was not speeding.
“It happened at a hilltop,” DeLukie said. “There were no brake marks. There were no skid marks. Neither one of them saw each other until it was too late.”
The posted speed limit is 65 mph.
A medical examiner pronounced the pair dead on the scene.
The front, left side of the Mazda struck the motorcycle, while traveling in the inside westbound lane. DeLukie said Byrd’s motorcycle “shot back to the right and ended in the north barrow ditch, while [Barrett’s] vehicle spun around.”
DeLukie said it would take 10-15 days for an autopsy report to be completed to determine if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the fatal crash.
- Local News
-
-
Man, woman arrested in drug bust at local bar
Gary Ross Nickols, 56, of Mineral Wells, and Elise Nichole Dalton, 25, of Millsap, were arrested Tuesday around 2:30 p.m. at a bar in the 1600 block of South Oak after Mineral Wells police assisted the City-County Narcotics Unit, reportedly acting on information obtained by CCNU.
-
Thursday Blotter - September 2, 2010
The following people were processed through the Palo Pinto County Jail.
-
Mineral Wells ISD trustees set 2011 budget, tax rate
Before Mineral Wells ISD's trustees were ready to vote Tuesday on the district's 2011 budget and tax rate, Board President Joe Ruelas repeatedly asked a room full of mostly empty chairs, “Does anybody in the public have any questions ... anyone?”
-
Womans Club's first fall meeting this Wednesday
The Womans Club of Mineral Wells will have its first fall meeting Wednesday at the Womans Club Building (old post office) starting at 11:30 a.m.
-
Input sought at NRCS conservation meeting
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Palo Pinto County Soil and Water Conservation District invite the public and any agencies with an interest in conservation issues to participate in a local work group meeting Wednesday.
-
County Records
Aug. 23-30
County Clerk, Bobbie Smith -
Man involved in bar fight ends up at hospital
A man was transported to the hospital after a fight at a bar in the 2800 block of U.S. Highway 281 South around midnight Sunday, according to police, who provided backup to the Palo Pinto County Sheriff's Office on the call.
-
Vietnam War Museum
The annual Friends of the National Vietnam War Museum spring fundraiser this year will be a fall fundraiser.
-
Ram Band
The Mineral Wells Ram Band Fan Club is pleased to offer the opportunity to sponsor the 2010 Rams football program.
-
Helping sell baked goodies
Lorean Weldon and Betty Keller help sell baked goodies Friday afternoon at Palo Pinto Nursing and Rehab.
- More Local News Headlines
-
Man, woman arrested in drug bust at local bar
