Crash near Lometa kills San Saba man

  • Emergency workers respond to a two-vehicle collision Wednesday afternoon outside Lometa. DAVID LOWE | DISPATCH RECORD
    Emergency workers respond to a two-vehicle collision Wednesday afternoon outside Lometa. DAVID LOWE | DISPATCH RECORD

    A San Saba man was pronounced dead after a two-vehicle crash southeast of Lometa late Wednesday afternoon.

    Texas Department of Public Safety troopers responded to the crash on U.S. Highway 183 east around 5 p.m.

    DPS Sgt. Bryan Washko said the department’s investigation revealed that a 2008 Ford F-150 pick-up was traveling north on U.S. 183 when it collided with a 2005 Peterbilt semi-truck towing a s…