Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are reconstructing the events that led to a fatal single-vehicle crash late Friday night in West Texas. The wreck claimed the life of an eighteen-year-old San Antonio man at a rural highway intersection.
Emergency crews responded around 10 p.m. to the crossing of US Highway 84 and FM 1606 in Scurry County. First responders arrived to find a heavily damaged passenger car turned over near the highway median.
Investigators identified the driver as James DiAngelo Brown Bakari. According to initial state police reports, Bakari was traveling northbound in the fast lane at a high rate of speed just before the crash occurred.
Troopers determined that Bakari lost control of the vehicle, causing it to veer off the pavement and roll over multiple times. The force of the rollover ejected Bakari from the car.
Rural intersections along US Highway 84 see heavy truck traffic and high speed limits, making late-night driving particularly unforgiving when a vehicle leaves its lane. Investigators are looking into all potential factors, including vehicle mechanics and road surface conditions at the time of the wreck.
Deputies secured the area and closed off portions of the northbound lanes for several hours while crash reconstruction teams mapped out the debris field and tire marks leading off the roadway.
State police confirmed that Bakari was pronounced dead at the scene by local medical authorities. The Texas Department of Public Safety says its full crash report will be finalized once forensic evaluations and vehicle inspections are complete.
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