{"id":2468,"date":"2020-03-02T20:27:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T02:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasinjurylawyersblog.com\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2020-03-02T20:27:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T02:27:34","slug":"accident-injury-report-two-killed-in-an-18-wheeler-car-crash-in-polk-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/accident-injury-report-two-killed-in-an-18-wheeler-car-crash-in-polk-county\/","title":{"rendered":"ACCIDENT INJURY REPORT: Two Killed in an 18-Wheeler Car Crash in Polk County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.texasinjurylawyersblog.com\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-02-at-8.15.23-PM.png\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.texasinjurylawyersblog.com\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-02-at-8.15.23-PM.png\" width=\"1400\" height=\"682\" \/>(March 2, 2020: POLK COUNTY, TX)<\/strong> \u2013 A fatal t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.easttexasmatters.com\/news\/top-stories\/2-die-in-polk-county\" class=\"broken_link\">wo-vehicle collision<\/a> in Polk County involving a semi tractor-trailer and a passenger car happened Friday morning February 28th on US 59 near the intersection of FM 942 near the town of Leggett.<\/p>\n<p>According to preliminary reports, a Mercedes Benz E-350 driven by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4yLE-WKFoWs\">Brenda Kirkling<\/a> (60) of Houston\u00a0 entered US 59 from a parking lot on the west side of the highway and was hit by a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.easttexasmatters.com\/news\" class=\"broken_link\"> Kenworth truck tractor semitrailer<\/a>. The semi then crossed over into the northbound lanes and lost the load of lumber it was carrying upon the highway.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the semi, 44-year-old <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easttexasmatters.com\/news\/top-stories\/2-die-in-polk-county\" class=\"broken_link\">Jody Jenkins<\/a> from Brookeland, was not injured during the crash. The driver, Kirkling and the passenger, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4yLE-WKFoWs\">Lida Autry<\/a> (58) of Missouri City died at the scene. This accident remains under investigation with the Texas Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/accident-injury-report-two-killed-in-an-18-wheeler-car-crash-in-polk-county\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading ACCIDENT INJURY REPORT: Two Killed in an 18-Wheeler Car Crash in Polk County\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POLK COUNTY \u2013 DPS is investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision in Polk County involving a semi tractor-trailer and a passenger car. The crash happened Friday morning on US 59 near the intersection of FM 942.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,50,141,8],"tags":[163,164,72,165,166,167,19,168,33],"class_list":["post-2468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automobile-accidents","category-car-accidents","category-trucking-accidents","category-wrongful-death","tag-18-wheeler-accident","tag-brenda-kirkling","tag-car-accident","tag-jody-jenkins","tag-lida-autry","tag-lumber-spill-polk-county","tag-personal-injury","tag-polk-county-fatal-accident","tag-wrongful-death"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ACCIDENT INJURY REPORT: Two Killed in an 18-Wheeler Car Crash in Polk County &#8212; Texas Accident &amp; Injury News &#8212; March 2, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"POLK COUNTY \u2013 DPS is investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision in Polk County involving a semi tractor-trailer and a passenger car. 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