{"id":292448,"date":"2026-05-14T06:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/292448\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T06:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:32:14","slug":"one-dead-after-collision-that-sent-large-service-truck-into-food-mart-near-belton-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/292448\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead after collision that sent large service truck into food mart near Belton, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kwtx.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/kwtx.com\">BELTON, Texas (KWTX) &#8211;<\/a> The Texas Dept. of Public Safety is investigating a deadly collision involving a large service truck that crashed into a food store. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The collision happened at about 12:30 p.m. May 13 on Farm to Market 439 between Wildwood Drive and Spring Canyon Road, west of Belton. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Bell County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to assist the Texas Highway Patrol, along with Belton Police Department, Sparta Valley Fire Department and Belton EMS. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Investigators at the scene determined a Pure Sanitation Services trash truck and a passenger car collided. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Authorities in #Belton, Texas, are investigating a wreck involving a sedan and a Pure...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/UTD5EX2FPJGJ5EULUTXQPTZP2I.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Authorities in #Belton, Texas, are investigating a wreck involving a sedan and a Pure Sanitation Services trash truck. The trash truck then collided into a store on Farm to Market 439.(Bell County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The large service truck then struck the Lake Food Mart, going into the building. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">One driver was transported by ground ambulance to Baylor Scott &amp; White Medical Center in Temple. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The other driver was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Ted Duffield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">People inside the business suffered only minor injuries and were not transported by EMS. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Due to the damage to the business, Temple Fire Department\u2019s Technical Rescue responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">FM439 remains closed to both east and west bound traffic as the crash scene is cleared and the investigation occurs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">No further information was provided. This is a developing story. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Authorities in #Belton, Texas, are investigating a wreck involving a sedan and a Pure...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/KGSKIQJQKJHA5O3D6B2E636XQQ.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Authorities in #Belton, Texas, are investigating a wreck involving a sedan and a Pure Sanitation Services trash truck. The trash truck then collided into a store on Farm to Market 439.(Bell County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KWTX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BELTON, Texas (KWTX) &#8211; The Texas Dept. of Public Safety is investigating a deadly collision involving a large&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[254,2055,2060,2058,2057,2059,2061,27,29,28,2056],"class_list":["post-292448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-live-speeches","tag-live-updates","tag-live-video","tag-press-conference","tag-real-time-coverage","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-video-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}