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Witnesses said the Challenger, driven by James Wells<\/a>, 59 was traveling north on US Highway 36 at a high rate of speed, passing vehicles on the two-lane road.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Wells tried to pass the pickup truck driven by Mark Rodgers<\/a>, 39 of Abilene near the Blackburn Road intersection. A vehicle in the oncoming lane caused Wells to try to get back in his lane but clipped the Rodgers vehicle in the rear, causing it to veer off the road and hit a tree before stopping in a field.\u00a0 Rodgers was pronounced dead at the scene while his wife and three children (ages 8, 10, 11) who were also in the truck where taken to the hospital for treatment.\u00a0 Their condition is unknown.\u00a0 Wells was also taken to the hospital for his undisclosed injuries.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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