RUNNELS COUNTY, Texas — A 73-year-old Weatherford man was killed in a head-on collision Monday evening on US Hwy 67, 5 miles northeast of Ballinger.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said in a preliminary crash report states Richard Wayne Bruce, 73, of Weatherford, was driving a pickup truck west on US 67, and Ben Baxter Bingham, 59, of Sonora, was driving a pickup truck east on 67.
As the two trucks approached each other, Bruce crossed the center line and hit Bingham's truck head-on.
Bruce was taken to Shannon Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. His passenger, Mary Trojacek, 62, of Weatherford, was also taken to Shannon with critical, incapacitating injuries.
Bingham was taken to Shannon with non-incapacitating injuries, according to the report. He was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
