Drivers uninjured after highway dump truck collision
Alexandria Randolph/The Highlander
Marble Falls Fire Rescue, Marble Falls Police and Burnet County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the scene of a dump truck versus sedan collision at the intersection of US 281 and TX 71 on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 29.
by Alexandria Randolph
Marble Falls Firefighters and police said a young man was ‘lucky’ to have been uninjured in a two-vehicle collision at the US 281, TX 71 intersection Wednesday afternoon.
Marble Falls Firefighters and Police responded to the highway intersection Wednesday, Oct. 29, at about 2 p.m., and found the driver of a red 2004 Pontiac sedan, 20-year-old Jason Pollock of Marble Falls, uninjured after his vehicle struck a dump truck hauling asphalt. Dump truck driver Ruben Silverio, 48, of Austin, was also uninjured.
Marble Falls Fire Rescue Capt. Chris Harrison said Pollock had just driven up the westbound TX 71 exit ramp when he attempted to make a left turn across the highway and struck the truck.
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