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A local woman was killed outside of Alvin, Texas when a big rig loaded with grass hit a vehicle pushing that vehicle into a car in which she was a passenger.

The truck wreck happened Monday afternoon on FM 1462 about 4 miles E. of Highway 288 and involved at least 4 different vehicles.

According to the DPS, a SUV was struck by a tractor-trailer when the SUV was attempting to cross FM 1462, causing the SUV to hit a Toyota going west on FM 1462. The deceased was a passenger in the Toyota.

The driver of the Toyota was Life Flighted to Memorial Herman hospital for treatment.

After the initial impact the tractor-trailer jackknifed and struck a pickup truck on 1462, officers indicated.

The DPS will reconstruct the accident and the investigation into the cause of the truck wreck is continuing at this time.

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A Texas jury has sent a truck driver to prison in the manslaughter conviction over a truck accident. The truck driver was convicted of manslaughter on Friday and sentenced to 7 years today.

The widow of the victim wept in court and clutched a photograph of the love she lost. The victim, died when his pickup truck was rear ended by the 18 wheeler while he was stopped at a construction zone on FM 523 near Angleton, Texas.

An off duty officer was also seriously injured in the 18 wheeler wreck but lived.

The prosecution in the criminal trial attempted to offer blood samples showing cocaine, according to reports.

The victim impact statement was especially emotional with a passionate statement by the widow of the victim and followed by the statement of the family of the injured officer.

It took the jury 2 hours to establish the punishment. The truck driver could have been sentenced to as much as 20 years over the fatal truck accident.

A Brazoria County jury has found a trucker guilty of manslaughter in connection with a truck accident in 2008.

The case involved accusations that the truck driver used cocaine prior to the wreck but according to reports, the jury for procedural reasons, did not hear evidence related to analysis of blood samples.

The wreck happened when the 18-wheeler hit 2 vehicles stopped at a construction zone near Angleton. The tractor-trailer hit a pickup and killed one person and injured an off duty officer who was directing traffic, it was reported.

The punishment phase of the trial was scheduled to begin today.