From our August 17, 2000, edition.

RV swerves into passing semi-truck 

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

An evening wreck near Clarendon sent two people to the hospital after an RV ran into a semi-truck last Friday.

This RV came to rest just a few feet from the BNSF railway about a mile west of Clarendon after it collided with a semi-truck late Friday night. Enterprise Digital Photo.

The RV, driven by 74-year-old Alice Milner of Lake Dallas, Texas, was westbound in the right-hand lane of US 287 about 0.4 mile west of Clarendon. At the same time, Ronald Joe Bulger of Quiln, Missouri, was driving the semi-truck in the left-hand lane, passing Milner.

According to a Department of Public Safety official, Milner began to pull into the left-hand lane to turn around and come back to town when she ran into the semi-truck at approximately 8:42 p.m. The RV ran off the highway, coming to rest a few feet from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks.

Milner was transported by ambulance to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo where she was listed in stable condition, DPS Trooper Chris Ward said. Milner’s passenger, 67-year-old Bobbye Riney of Lake Dallas, was not injured.

Bulger was also uninjured, but his 22-year-old daughter, Melissa Bulger, suffered minor injuries. She was transported to Northwest Texas Hospital where she was treated and released.

A citation was issued to Milner for unsafe passing, Ward said.