FLASH STAFF REPORT
ERATH COUNTY (April 1, 2017) – Three Lingleville High School students are in area hospitals and lucky to be alive after a one-vehicle rollover in Erath County Saturday.
According to reports from Erath County DPS Staff Sgt. Dub Gillum, a 2007 Chevrolet Uplander van was traveling south on County Road 370 when the driver, 17-year-old Aubrey Kellar, of Lingleville, lost control of the vehicle and traveled off the east side of the roadway, striking a tree with the front passenger side of the vehicle.
First responders transported Kellar to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Stephenville where she was stabilized and then transported to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth by ground ambulance where she is listed in serious condition.
Two other teenagers were in the van with Kellar. Randi Williams, 15 of Lingleville, was in the front passenger seat and was wearing her seat belt at the time of the crash. She was transported to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Stephenville where she was stabilized and then transported to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth by ground ambulance.
In the back seat, 16-year-old Sunny Armstrong, also of Lingleville, was not wearing her seat belt at the time of the accident. She was taken by first responders to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Stephenville where she was stabilized and then transported to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth by ground ambulance.
Gillum reported it was raining and the caliche roadway was muddy and slick at the time of the accident. And at approximately 4:05 p.m., Erath County Volunteer Fire Rescue, Erath County EMS, Lingleville VFD, Cross Timbers First Responders and others were dispatched to the crash.
If there was manure on road from the tractor. And it rained on top that it makes the roads even more slick..