Richard Howell Dead in Multi-Vehicle Accident on Highway 349 [Midland, TX]

Richard Howell Killed in Midland Multi-Vehicle Accident

 
MIDLAND, TX (January 14, 2025) — A 57-year-old Odessa man, Richard Allen Howell, died in a multi-vehicle accident on Thursday, January 9.
 
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the accident happened at around 6:35 a.m. on Highway 349 and Highway 158.
 
Texas DPS said a 2020 Kenworth semi-truck with a trailer traveled west on Highway 349. At the same time, a 2024 Chevrolet Silverado and a 2022 Ram 1500 traveled east on the highway.
 
The semi traveled at an unsafe speed for the icy road conditions. Then it went into the eastbound lane of the highway. After that, it crashed with the two other vehicles on the overpass bridge.
 
Howell, who was behind the wheel of the Silverado, died at the scene.
 
Officials identified the driver of the semi as 27-year-old Sheniel Nicholas Samuels, of Columbus, Ohio. They also identified the driver of the Ram as 32-year-old Adrian Mathew Armendariz, of Odessa. Both of them did not sustain any injuries during the incident.
 
This crash remains under investigation.

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