On November 16, 2024, a fatal head-on collision on Farm Road 730 near Farm Road 2048 in Wise County claimed the life of a Fort Worth woman and sent two others to the hospital Saturday night.
The crash, reported shortly after 8:15 p.m., involved a 2013 Ford F-150 driven by Zach Wyatt Ellis, 34, of Fort Worth, traveling north on FM 730, and a southbound 2006 GMC Sierra 2500 driven by Kurtis Raymond Kreslake, 39, of Boyd.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Ford F-150 veered into the southbound lane and collided with the GMC Sierra. Cassandra Anne Baskerville, 31, of Fort Worth, a passenger in the F-150, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Ellis was transported to Texas Health Harris Hospital in Fort Worth in critical condition, while Kreslake was taken to Medical City Decatur with non-incapacitating injuries.
The response to the crash included Wise County EMS units Rescue 1, Medic 4, and Medic 5, as well as Boyd Fire Department (Wise County ESD 1), which conducted extrication efforts. DPS is continuing its investigation.
