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Ward County, Texas Semi-Truck Rollover and Fire: What the DPS Report Does Not Tell You The phone call came on a Saturday afternoon in late May. A 2009 Peterbilt, a right turn on a Ward County FM road, a rollover, a fire. A 62-year-old man from Odessa who drove trucks for a living did not come home. You are hearing the word “preliminary.” You are hearing DPS say the truck was traveling at an unsafe speed when it failed to negotiate the turn at FM 1776 and FM 1927. And you may be thinking: if the police say it was his fault, what is there left to do? Here is what we need you to hear. A DPS preliminary finding is one officer’s first read of a scene, written in the hours after a wreck — before the truck is inspected, before the engine computer is downloaded, before the maintenance records are pulled, before the fire pattern is analyzed, before anyone has examined the fuel system or the brakes or the steering or the cargo securement. It is a starting point for investigation. It is not a verdict. And in a case where the only person who could tell us…