UPDATE: Elderly driver killed in crash near Benbrook
On Wednesday, November 16, at around 4:15pm, Benbrook Fire Department and Police Department along with Cresson Fire Department and Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office responded to a major accident on southbound Highway 377 near FM 1187 south of Benbrook.
Deputies arrived to find a two-vehicle accident. Two drivers were both seriously hurt in the collision.
Paramedics called for a CareFlite helicopter, which landed at the scene and airlifted one of the drivers to a Fort Worth trauma center. The second driver was transported by ambulance to the hospital.
One of the drivers was pronounced deceased at the hospital. He has been identified as an 84-year-old man from Granbury.
TCSO crash investigators are working to determine the cause of the crash.
