A 50-year-old man was killed early Tuesday morning in a chain-reaction crash involving a passenger vehicle, a cement pump truck, and an 18-wheeler on southbound Interstate 35 near 12th Street in Waco.
According to Waco police, the collision happened shortly before 1:00 a.m. The victim was driving a Nissan southbound on I-35 when the Nissan struck the rear of a cement pump truck.
Police said the Nissan then lost power and drifted into an adjacent lane, where it was struck by an 18-wheeler.
The Nissan driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger in the Nissan and the 18-wheeler driver were treated at a local hospital for minor injuries. The identity of the driver who died had not yet been released pending notification of next of kin.