Friday, April 26, 2024
Texas Department of Public Safety
A Granbury man died at the scene of a vehicle accident Monday morning, Nov. 28, on FM 2580 (Tin Top Highway), about five miles north of Granbury.
Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Richard Hunter stated in an email to the Hood County News that the 29-year old man, Troy Orrinn Zumach, had gotten out of his pickup when he was struck and killed by a car driven by 39 year-old Amanda Sue Petty of Granbury, according to the news release. Petty survived the accident.
The accident happened at approximately 5:50 a.m., according to the DPS report, which was more than an hour before sunrise.
Hunter stated in the release that a 1995 Dodge Ram pickup driven by Zumach broke down. Half of Zumach’s vehicle was “in the northbound lane and half on the improved shoulder of FM 2580. (Zumach) was standing next to his vehicle on the driver’s side near the center line of the roadway.”
The news release stated that the pickup “had no power and lights were not on.”
Petty, who was driving northbound in a 2006 Mercedes Model C280, “saw (the pickup) and slammed on her brakes.”
The news release stated the Mercedes then struck the left rear portion of the pickup. The pickup then “struck the driver (as a pedestrian)” of the pickup. The pickup “came to rest in the middle of the roadway facing northeast. (The) pedestrian came to rest in the west barrow ditch of FM 2580.”
Publisher’s note: An earlier version of this article contained an error from a news release provided to the Hood County News. It has been deleted from the newspaper’s online edition and Facebook page. This is the corrected version of the article.
