Runaway trailer pins, kills two children in Plainview

Houston Chronicle

SEPTEMBER 1, 1991

Edition: 3 STAR
Section: C NEWS
Page: 3

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Traffic Deaths Texas

Runaway trailer pins, kills two children in Plainview
Associated PressBy Associated Press

Dateline: PLAINVIEW

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PLAINVIEW - A young brother and sister were killed Saturday when a farm trailer broke loose from a truck and pinned them against another trailer in their aunt's front yard, officials said.

Aurelio Solorzano Jr., 6, and Jennifer Marie Solorzano, 2, were sitting in the front yard when the flatbed trailer hit them, said Yolanda Rodriguez, a neighbor who arrived soon after the accident.

The children were pinned between the runaway flatbed and a trailer hitched to a car in the yard, Rodriguez said. Hale County Justice of the Peace Shirley Groce declared the children dead on arrival at Central Plains Regional Hospital.

The pickup truck, driven by a 26-year-old man, had been pulling two trailers when the second one broke loose and traveled about 200 feet before hitting the children.

Officials, who did not release the name of the driver of the pickup, said Saturday no charges had been filed in connection with the accident.

Plainview is about 50 miles north of Lubbock in West Texas.

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Record Number: 09*01*807092