Wrong-way I-14 crash in Coryell County kills two, injures toddler
A wrong-way head-on crash near Bell Tower Road on Interstate 14 killed two people and injured a 2-year-old, jolting one of Coryell County’s busiest corridors.
A wrong-way crash on Interstate 14 in Coryell County killed two people and injured a 2-year-old child after troopers were called to the highway near Bell Tower Road. The wreck hit a corridor that carries Copperas Cove commuters, military traffic and drivers moving across the county.
A vehicle was traveling the wrong direction on I-14 before colliding head-on with another vehicle that had the toddler as a passenger. Wrong-way crashes on fast-moving highways leave little margin for error, and a single bad entry can turn an ordinary trip into a deadly impact in seconds.
The Texas Department of Public Safety urges Texans to never drink and drive and to plan ahead. On a highway like I-14, a wrong-way driver can trigger a major emergency response from troopers, fire crews and EMS, while lanes close and traffic gets pushed onto nearby roads through Copperas Cove and other parts of Coryell County.
Texas DPS opened a fatal crash investigation in Coryell County on Dec. 23, 2023, and 19-year-old George Christopher Hallman of Gatesville died in an Oct. 22, 2022 crash when a 2005 Nissan Altima went off the road.
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