PARKER COUNTY, Texas — An East Texas man is dead after being struck by a semi in Parker County.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), on Wednesday, around 8:15 p.m., troopers responded to a crash involving a pedestrian on Interstate 20, about eight miles east of Weatherford.
DPS says Mark Housewright, 21, of Athens, was trying to run across I-20 when the was struck by an 18-wheeler, driven by Douglas Linneberger, 58, of Yantis.
Officials say after the semi struck Housewright, he was also hit by a car, driven by James Fuller, 22, of Valdosta, Georgia, while he was lying in the roadway.
Housewright was pronounced dead by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office.
The investigation is ongoing.