HUNT COUNTY, TX. (THECOUNT) — Westen Hurst, of Garland, Texas, has been identified as the victim in a Thursday fatal vehicle crash in Hunt County.
Hurst, 29, was killed in a two-vehicle crash involving a semi-tractor early Thursday morning.
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According to reports, Westen was operating a Nissan Versa on FM-1903 near Interstate 30 in Greenville, when the vehicle came into rear-end contact with a big-rig around 3:30 a.m. Thursday.
Garland was pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries at the scene.
The truck driver was not injured.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Hunt County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 99,956. Its county seat is Greenville. The county is named for Memucan Hunt, Jr., the first Republic of Texas Minister to the United States from 1837 to 1838 and the third Texas Secretary of the Navy from 1838 to 1839 – Wikipedia.