According to information received from the Texas Department of Public Safety Tuesday afternoon, a two-vehicle accident between a 2022 Chevrolet Silverado and a 2000 Ford Expedition at 5:27 a.m. Monday, Sept. 26 on State Highway 36, 12 miles south of Baird, claimed one life.

Megan Janea Murphy, 30, from Jarrell, perished in the accident and was the lone occupant of her vehicle.

The driver and lone occupant of the second vehicle, 45-year-old Cory Ray Bush of Rockdale, suffered incapacitating injuries and was transported to Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene.

The DPS report states, “The preliminary investigation revealed that Vehicle 1 was traveling east on State Highway 36 and was involved in a traffic crash with a truck tractor towing a semi-trailer that had been stopped in the traffic lane. Vehicle 1 was disabled in the traffic lane for a short time. Vehicle 2, also traveling east on State Highway 36, struck Vehicle 1 in the traffic lane. The driver of Vehicle 2 died on scene of the crash.”