Clayton Flanigan, Passenger Injured in Truck Accident in Polk County, TX
Polk County, TX -- February 13, 2023, Clayton Flanigan and a passenger were injured in an accident where their vehicle crashed with a semi.
Officials said that the crash happened at around 12:30 p.m. in an area northwest of Woodville near Camden. 18-year-old Clayton Flanigan and another person were in a pickup traveling along a curve in the road when their vehicle and a semi-truck somehow collided. Flanigan and his passenger were both taken to a Livingston hospital with unspecified injuries. No further information can be confirmed at this time.
My concern here is whether or not there's more to the story authorities may have overlooked. I certainly don't know more than what's publicly available, but it's a concern I have anytime there's a wreck involving a teenage driver. Simply put, people are quick to blame teenagers for accidents even when they don't know all the facts. Authorities can unfortunately fall prey to this mindset, as well, and that can lead to important information slipping through the cracks. It wouldn't at all surprise me to see authorities here were thorough and were able to nail down exactly what happened here. That said, it wouldn't really surprise me if the opposite turned out to be true.
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