Martin County DPS responded to the accident at about 11:40 a.m. on State Highway 349.
Midlander Michael Wade was driving a white pickup pulling a trailer with a backhoe south on Highway 349. A dump truck, also pulling a backhoe, was traveling south behind an SUV that was following the pickup, said Sean Baxter, DPS public information officer.
The pickup hydroplaned and veered right off the highway and then back onto the road. When the pickup came back across the highway, the dump truck hit the pickup’s trailer, he said.
Pickup passenger Mitchell Dinsmorre, of Midland, was transported to MMH with minor injuries. He was treated and released, Baxter said.
The SUV was not involved in the crash.
Citations were not issued because of the weather conditions that contributed to the crash, but DPS is continuing to investigate, he said.
Meanwhile, no one was reported injured Wednesday afternoon after an 18-wheeler hydroplaned into a light pole on Loop 250.
Midland police responded to the crash at about 1:34 p.m. at the 1000 block of West Loop 250 North near the “A” Street overpass.
The 18-wheeler was eastbound on the loop when the vehicle began drifting and jackknifed into a light pole in the median, said an officer at the scene.
The wreck caused significant traffic delays for at least two hours. Again, citations were not issued because of the weather conditions.
Later that afternoon, a two-vehicle crash occurred near the intersection of West Scharbauer Drive and North I Street.
Midland police who responded to the crash at about 3:51 p.m. found an SUV had flipped over. Officers determined that a car traveling northbound on I Street collided with the SUV that was westbound on Scharbauer Drive.
No one was injured, said an officer at the scene. The driver of the Lexus was cited for failure to yield right of way.
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Source: MyWestTexas (White, 1/9)
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