A Woodward, Oklahoma, man was killed, and another injured, in a one-vehicle accident on US 60, 12 miles southwest of Canadian, early on Friday morning, July 5.

Fidel Alvarado-Parra, 42, was driving a 2016 GMC Sierra west on US 60—in a construction zone—around 1:30 am Friday morning when he failed to negotiate a curve, veered into the grassy ditch, overcorrected while attempting to return to the roadway, and lost control of the vehicle. The pickup rolled over and came to rest upright in the roadway.

His passenger—52-year-old Miguel Carrasco-Vega—died at the scene. He was pronounced dead by Hemphill County Justice of the Peace Larry Dunnam. Carrasco-Vega was wearing a seatbelt.

The driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt, sustained noncritical injuries and was transported to Hemphill County Hospital, where he was treated and released.

Following his medical release, Alvarado-Parra was charged with vehicular intoxicated manslaughter, a second-degree felony, and booked into Hemphill County Jail. His bond was set at $50,000, and he remains in custody. The accident remains under investigation by the Texas Highway Patrol.

The Fourth of July holiday and its aftermath kept first responders busy, as a series of highway accidents occurred.

Josh Hector sustained serious injuries in a Thursday, July 4 rollover. That accident occurred around 9:45 pm on an S curve on CR 20 near FM 2758, north of Lake Marvin. Details of the accident, which remains under investigation by DPS, were not available this week. Hector was transported by LifeStar helicopter to Amarillo’s Northwest Texas Hospital.

Around 2:19 pm on Friday, July 5, a Baird’s Bread truck driven by David Robert Gutierrez, 28, of Pampa, had a blowout on US 83 north of town. The driver lost control of the vehicle, which rolled over and came to rest blocking the southbound lane. No injuries were reported.

On Monday, July 8, at 6:36 pm, Jimmy Earl Bourland Jr., of Gilmer, was driving a 2010 Chevy 2500 about 10 miles southwest of Canadian on US 60 when the pickup hit a dip in the road, slid, and veered off into the bar ditch. Bourland was transported by EMS to the hospital, where he was treated and released.