Andrews County, TX — April 23, 2025, a Midland woman was injured in a truck accident at about 6:40 a.m. on State Highway 176.

A preliminary accident report indicates an eastbound 2023 Chevrolet 3500 collided with a westbound 2007 Ford F-150 near Hamrick Loop east of Andrews.

The Ford driver, a 68-year-old woman from Midland, suffered serious injuries in the crash, according to the report. Her name has not been made public yet.

The Chevrolet driver was cited for speeding, the report states. One of the four men in the truck was listed as having a possible injury.

Authorities have not released any additional information about the Andrews County crash.

Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman

When a crash happens on a highway like State Highway 176, where speeds are high and visibility can be limited by everything from road design to early morning sun, a speeding pickup becomes more than a traffic offense. It becomes a dangerous threat to everyone on the road. Based on what’s been reported, this crash appears to be a head-on collision between two pickups, and the eastbound driver has already been cited for speeding. That’s a critical detail when assessing legal responsibility.

Speeding on a rural highway may not sound like the most shocking offense, but in my experience, it’s one of the most common, and preventable, factors in serious crashes. When a driver is going too fast, their ability to react to changes in traffic, curves in the road or even momentary lapses in attention is drastically reduced. And in head-on collisions, speed is often the difference between a survivable crash and a devastating one.

What’s particularly troubling here is that one vehicle appears to have veered into the other’s lane, though it’s not clear from the report which one crossed over. That’s where the role of evidence becomes crucial. Skid marks, vehicle damage angles and onboard data systems, if either truck had one, can help reconstruct how and why the collision happened. In some cases, witness accounts or dashcam footage might fill in the gaps.

Regardless of who crossed the center line, the fact that the Chevrolet driver was already cited for speeding sets the stage for legal scrutiny. That citation signals that law enforcement believes his actions contributed to the crash, which in turn could lay the foundation for a finding of negligence.

Ultimately, crashes like this one underscore the real-world consequences of decisions drivers make in an instant. On a road like SH-176, where there’s little room for error, speeding doesn’t just break the law; it breaks lives. That’s why any investigation here needs to determine not only who was where on the road, but whether the choices leading up to the crash were reasonable under the law. From what’s known so far, it seems likely that they were not.