Boy, woman killed in separate crashes

An Odessa boy was killed Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash that also injured five people.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, a 37-year-old Midland woman driving a Chevrolet 1500 disregarded an official traffic control device at FM 554 and Cottonwood Road around 1:15 p.m. and struck a GMC Acadia being driven by a 61-year-old woman from Andrews.

Both drivers received minor injuries, but one of the Acadia passengers died and three others in the Acadia were seriously injured.

Everyone involved was wearing a seat belt, according to DPS.

According to DPS, Catherin Anne Koonsman, 53, of Ralls died early Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle crash in Andrews County.

A preliminary investigation revealed Koonsman was traveling east on SH 176 in a Mack CXU when she was truck while trying to make a U-turn by a tractor-trailer that was being driven westbound by a 38-year-old man from Casa Grande, Arizona.

Koonsman was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened around 3:40 a.m. The other driver was seriously injured. Both were wearing seat belts.

Both crashes remain under investigation.