Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Traffic was being rerouted Monday afternoon on a stretch of Highway 6 between Hearne and Calvert after a collision between a minivan and an ambulance that left one person dead.
The accident occurred near the Mud Creek construction area about halfway between Hearne and Calvert.
Two people who were riding in the minivan were taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan and one later died, the Department of Public Safety said.
The victims’ names weren’t immediately released.
The ambulance was not carrying a patient at the time of the accident.