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Three killed in car crash, Texas teen charged with manslaughter

Posted on Oct 20, 2009

Three people are dead after being involved in a car accident with a pickup truck being driven by an 18 year old East Montgomery County man.

The teenage pickup truck driver, Casey McKinley, was allegedly driving at a high rate of speed and weaving in and out of traffic eastbound on South Loop 336 when he ran a red light at the intersection of 336 and FM 1314.

According to witnesses McKinley’s Dodge Dually struck a Mazda passenger vehicle that was headed north on FM 1314. The driver of a vehicle headed east on South Loop 336 was also involved in the accident and was transported by ambulance to a local hospital. The driver of a fourth vehicle was not injured in the crash.

A spokesperson for the Conroe Police Department said that at least one person had to be cut out of the Mazda with the Jaws of Life and two of the car’s occupants were flown by medical helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston’s Texas Medical Center.

McKinley was taken to a local hospital to be treated for his injuries and arrested up on his release. He is in jail on $150,000 in bonds and has been charged with three counts of manslaughter.

All three occupants of the Mazda hit by McKinley were killed. The deceased include driver Craig Steven Rector, 50, Felicia Hicks, 20, and Freedom Fitch, 24 all of Splendora.