SALADO, TX – A 24-year-old man died, and another man sustained injuries in a two-vehicle crash involving a semi in Salado.

According to KWTX 10, the incident occurred last Friday on I-35 southbound near mile marker 284, which is just southeast of Salado Junior High.

Police say a southbound Ford F-250 pickup truck rear-ended a Kenworth 18-wheeler. The latter vehicle was stopped along the shoulder of the highway with mechanical problems.

The collision killed a rear passenger form the pickup truck. Authorities identified him as Byron Lopez Lima. 

Medics transported a second passenger to the hospital with critical injuries.

A full investigation is underway.

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