CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A 65-year-old man from Edinburg, Arturo Ponce, died in a rollover crash in Jim Wells County Friday.

According to Texas DPS, the accident happened about six miles north of Premont along U.S. Highway 281 at around 3 p.m.

Officials tell 3NEWS Ponce and two other 65-year-old male passengers were driving southbound in a Ford truck while towing a trailer with a tractor loaded on top. 

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The truck’s tire blew out while Ponce was driving, causing the truck to hit another vehicle on the road, forcing it into the center median. The truck then rolled over, coming to a rest in the inside lane of the highway while the detached trailer rolled over the guardrail into the center median. 

Emergency crews declared Ponce dead at the scene.

One of the truck’s passengers was transported by HALO Flight to Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi. The second passenger and the driver of the other vehicle were uninjured.

The crash remains under investigation.

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