SUV/18-wheeler wreck kills Bastrop County man

Last Update: 4/23/2008 9:46 am


Northbound lanes of SH-130 are open after a Wednesday morning fatal collision between a SUV and tractor-trailer rig.

A DPS dispatcher says it happened about a mile north of the Chandler Road overpass moments before 5 a.m. Investigators say a SUV struck the rear of a slower moving tractor-trailer rig.

DPS troopers say the semi-truck was traveling below the posted speed limit at the time it was hit. The force of the impact shoved the front of the Chevrolet Suburban's front into the passengers' compartment, practically telescoping the vehicle.

The driver of the SUV, identified as 59-year-old Alcee Gonzague Mouton of Cedar Creek, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the 18-wheeler, Joe Sandoval, 39, of Kingwood, was taken to Seton Medical Center in Georgetown for observation.

Traffic investigators are trying to determine why the big truck was moving slowly in the travel lanes of SH-130.

The northbound lanes of SH-130 were closed for several hours Wednesday morning as traffic investigators sorted through the scattered debris.

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