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Tragedy on F.M. 116: How a Kenworth Truck’s Unknown Maneuver Claimed a Young Life in Copperas Cove The Crash That Changed Everything It was just after 5:42 PM on Tuesday, March 3, 2026—a time when Copperas Cove’s roads should have been filled with commuters heading home, students returning from after-school activities, and families preparing for evening routines. Instead, that evening became a nightmare for one Waco family when a 2020 Kenworth truck tractor pulling a trailer turned what should have been a routine drive into an unimaginable tragedy. Yasmin Lee Barrientos, a 22-year-old Waco woman, was driving her 2012 Kia Soul northbound on F.M. 116. For reasons still officially classified as “unknown,” her vehicle struck the left rear quarter of a Kenworth trailer that was pulling onto the road from a loading yard. The impact was catastrophic. Yasmin was pronounced deceased at the scene due to injuries sustained in the crash. Next of kin were notified, and a young life was lost in an instant. The crash shut down both lanes of North F.M. 116 for several hours as emergency responders worked to clear the scene and investigators began piecing together what happened. What they found—or more accurately, what they…