BELL COUNTY, Texas (KXXV) — An 80-year-old man from Temple died Friday afternoon after running a stop sign and colliding with a van on TX-53 east of Temple.
John Reed Hopkins, 80, was driving a 2008 Chevrolet pickup northbound on Little Flock Road around 1:24 p.m. when he disregarded a stop sign at the intersection of TX-53, according to Texas Department of Public Safety troopers.
Hopkins then entered the intersection into the path of an eastbound Ford Transit van, causing a crash.
Both Hopkins and the 25-year-old van driver were taken to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Temple. Hopkins later died from his injuries at the hospital.
Next of kin have been notified. Texas DPS says the crash investigation remains active and ongoing.
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