Spicewood Volunteer hospitalized following wreck
Alexandria Randolph/The Highlander
A wreck on TX 71 on Friday, Nov. 5 left a Spicewood Volunteer Firefighter hospitalized and another individual on the run.
by Alexandria Randolph
Spicewood Volunteer Fire Department is collection donations after a rear-end collision on TX 71 on Friday, Dec. 5, left one of its volunteer firefighters hospitalized, and another individual on the run from authorities.
The wreck, which took place at about 6:30 p.m., occurred when a black Ford F250 struck a white Ford Sport Track from behind while both were headed west in the inside lane on TX 71 just east of the CR 406 intersection, said Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers on the scene.
Spicewood volunteer fireman Craig Schlicke, the driver of the vehicle that was struck from behind, was transported by Marble Falls Area EMS to the University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin with “serious” injuries, officials said.
“He hit him (Schlicke) with enough force to push him off the roadway,” said DPS Trooper Mark Chambers. “The driver of the black vehicle fled on foot.”
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