March 26, 2019 - Haslam Strip (U.S. Highway 84) was the scene of a fatal auto versus pedestrian collision early Tuesday morning, March 26, 2019 just east of CR 3590.
Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department firemen responded to the scene and requested an ambulance at the location.
Although ambulance personnel were on the way and a life flight helicopter was requested, the pedestrian succumbed to her injuries.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Jonathan Stinson, at 6:30am a black 2015 Toyota Camry driven by Joshua Thoma Hankins, 35, of Logansport, LA. was westbound on U.S. Highway 84 in the inside lane on his way to work.
At that time a female pedestrian Doris Washington, 76, of Center was crossing the street from the First Baptist Church parking lot to get coffee at a restaurant on the other side of the highway. When the woman crossed into the inside lane, she walked into the path of the Toyota.
Margie Anderson, Justice of the Peace Precinct 3, later pronounced the woman deceased at the scene.
Hankins was not reported to have received any injuries.
Trooper Stinson was assisted at the scene by DPS Cpl. Jimmy Faulkner and Trooper Brent Murray.
Roy Cheatwood, Constable Precinct 3, also responded to the incident.
