COLEMAN COUNTY, Texas — A San Antonio man was killed Tuesday morning when the pickup truck he was driving collided with an semitruck pulling a trailer.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said the crash happened around 6 a.m. Tuesday on US Hwy 67, approximately 3.1 miles east of Valera in Coleman County.
Phillip Scott Mayfield, 48, of San Antonio, was traveling west on US Hwy 67. At the same time, a tractor-trailer, driven by Demmit Clayborne Gray, 57, of Franklin, was traveling west on US 67.
DPS said Mayfield's pickup truck was traveling on the wrong side of the road in a no passing zone and hit Gray's vehicle.
The Coleman County Sheriff's Office issued an advisory Tuesday morning about a major wreck on US Hwy 67 between State Hwy 206 and CR 402. US 67 was shut down between State Hwy 206 and FM 503. All traffic on US 67 was rerouted onto State Hwy 206 and FM 503.
Mayfield was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Vickie Holder. The DPS report said it's unknown whether he was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
Gray was taken by ambulance to Coleman Medical Center with non-incapacitating injuries. The report listed him in stable condition.
The crash is still under DPS investigation.
