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A 15-year-old boy was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Highway 271 in Red River County Saturday morning.
The fatal accident happened 10:35 a.m. on US 271, one-half mile north of CR 1410 in Red River County. A northbound 2001 Ford F-150 driven by Yovani Bonilla Ugalde, 21, of Cookville, Texas, was towing a 2006 shop-built semi-trailer.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the towed vehicle began to fish trail, causing the driver to lose control and strike a guardrail.
One of the passengers, Octavio Bonilla Ugalde, 15, of Cookville, was pronounced dead on the scene.
The driver and three other passengers were transported to Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant in stable condition with lacerations. The passengers are identified as David Ugalde, 43, Blanca Bonilla Ugalde, 47, and David Bonilla Ugalde, Jr., 10, all of Cookville.
The teen’s body was taken to Wood Funeral Home in Bogata.
The driver and occupants were all wearing seatbelts.
