SALADO, Texas — The Texas Department of Transportation said that Robert Daniel Taylor, 44, of Jarrell, was the driver of the pickup truck that died after the truck crashed into the back of a tractor trailer along I-35 in Salado.
The fire department, along with the Salado Police Department, Texas DPS and medical personnel responded to southbound I-35 at mile marker 283 on a report of a motor vehicle accident with entrapment, the department said.
Crews arrived on scene around 4:15 p.m. on Aug. 25 and found a Ford F-150 under the rear of a trailer in the outside emergency lane with Taylor pinned inside, the department said. The outside and middle lanes of southbound I-35 were closed for the safety of personnel on scene.
EMS units then began to care for the patient while the fire department worked to extract Taylor from the pickup, officials said. After removing him, EMS continued to treat the patient on scene. However, Taylor died as a result of his injures, the fire department said.
The vehicles involved were removed from the interstate and all the lanes were reopened.