September 11, 2018 – An accident at 7:21 a.m. Tuesday morning near the I-30 118-mile marker west of Sulphur Springs resulted in the death of Starla Rae Rose Hanson, 17, of Brashear. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Brad Cummings.
According to her family, Hanson was driving from her home on
her way to school at Sulphur Springs High School. Hanson’s vehicle began to
hydroplane on the south service road near Star Gate Farms and went across the
ditch and into the path of an eastbound box truck in the right lane of I-30. The
box truck struck her vehicle in the center between the doors and pushed the
vehicle back into the ditch between the interstate and the service road.
There will be a Candle light vigil tonight at 7:30 at the Sulphur Springs High School parking lot. It was set up by the class of 2020 to remember their classmate and friend Starla Rae
DPS, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies, Hopkins County Fire
Department, and Cumby Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene of the
accident. Justice of the Peace Cummings told KSST News he has ordered an
autopsy which is routine procedure in this type of situation when more than one
driver is involved in the accident.
