Azle, TX — October 11, 2025, William Morgan Sr. was killed in a car accident at about 10:45 a.m. in the 1800 block of Boyd Road/F.M. 730.

A preliminary accident report indicates that a northbound 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander collided with a southbound 2022 Ford F-250 while turning left

Mitsubishi driver William Morgan Sr., 65, died from injuries suffered in the crash, according to the report.

The two people in the Ford suffered minor injuries, the report states.

Authorities have not released any additional information about the Tarrant County crash at this time.

Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman

When a crash turns fatal, the questions that follow often go deeper than who had the right of way. Behind every loss, there’s a chance that something critical was missed, either in the way the crash was handled, or in what led up to it. That’s why it’s worth looking closer.

Did the authorities thoroughly investigate the crash? A serious crash involving a fatality demands more than just a quick scene report. Investigators should have taken steps to fully reconstruct how the vehicles approached the turn, including mapping tire marks, reviewing vehicle damage patterns and checking for surveillance or traffic camera footage in the area. It’s not enough to note the direction of travel. Determining timing, speed and whether either driver could have avoided the crash requires expertise: something not all departments have the resources or training to provide consistently. In situations like this, even experienced investigators can overlook subtle clues if they’re under pressure to clear the scene quickly.

Has anyone looked into the possibility that a vehicle defect caused the crash? When a vehicle turns across traffic and ends up in a deadly collision, it’s fair to wonder whether the turn was intentional, or if something unexpected happened inside the car. Was the steering unresponsive? Did the brakes give out? Modern vehicles rely on layers of electronic systems, and failures in any one of them can throw a driver into a life-threatening situation. Unless the Mitsubishi was thoroughly inspected for mechanical or electronic issues, it’s impossible to rule that out. Without a teardown or diagnostics, important warning signs might slip through the cracks.

Has all the electronic data relating to the crash been collected? The vehicles involved, especially newer models like a 2023 Outlander and a 2022 F-250, likely contain digital crash data that can tell us what happened in the seconds leading up to impact. Speed, throttle position, brake use and steering input are often recorded. Phones and onboard navigation systems might also reveal whether either driver was distracted or in the middle of a call. Without pulling this data, any reconstruction of events is based mostly on assumptions and limited witness accounts.

Until someone starts asking the harder questions — about how the crash was examined, whether the vehicles were sound and what digital evidence might reveal — we’re left with more uncertainty than answers. Not all tragedies are preventable, but they all deserve the full weight of scrutiny.

Takeaways:

• It’s not clear whether crash investigators fully reconstructed what led to the deadly collision.
• Mechanical or electronic issues in the Mitsubishi may have gone unexplored.
• Vehicle and phone data could provide key facts about driver behavior before the crash.