[jhnmdahl]

The news (Statesman) reported:

Man dies after 3-vehicle wreck

An Austin man died Thursday after the car he was driving collided with two pickups in western Travis County, a Texas Department of Public Safety official said.

Jack Griffith, 41, was traveling west at a high speed on FM 2244 between West Lake Hills and Bee Cave just after 1:30 p.m. when he lost control of his car and hit an eastbound GMC pickup driven by William Jackson, 42, of Austin, DPS communications operator Analisa Guerra said. Then the car collided with an eastbound Ford pickup driven by Cutberto Segura, 29, of Austin, Guerra said.

Griffith was taken to Brackenridge Hospital, where he died.

Jackson, Segura, and two passengers in the Ford — Oscar Anjeles, 24, and Armando Carrillo, 31 — were taken to St. David's Hospital, and all were in stable condition, Guerra said.

Everyone involved in the crash was wearing a seat belt, Guerra said.

Compiled from staff and wire reports

and the deceased's sister wrote:

"Like many of you, we are questioning what really happened to cause the accident. When we get the police report we will share with you what we learn. Although in talking with the sheriff handling the case, he thinks that excessive speed caused him to "lose control" and go off the shoulder before coming back onto the road, lose control again, hit the first truck, spin around several times and then hit the second truck which caused him to end up in a ditch on the side of the road. When I asked what may have caused him to "lose control" the sheriff just said excessive speed. His girlfriend, Leslie, doesn't believe it was possible for him to be going the speed that the speedometer read because of the time of day and the level of traffic. I don't know if we will ever get the answers we want about what caused the accident. I sure hope we do though."

John