Colorado Man Dies in Wheeler County Wreck

3-211

March 14, 2022

By News Director Jared Atha

A Colorado man is dead after a crash between two semi-trucks on US 83, about three miles north of Shamrock, Texas on Thursday night.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, at about 9:45 p.m., 52-year-old Sorin Bodescu of Livonia, Michigan, was driving a 2017 Volvo truck tractor towing a semi-trailer northbound on US 83 while 60-year-old Bradley Hedger of Loveland, Colorado, was driving a truck tractor towing a semi-trailer south on US 83.

DPS said Bodescu failed to drive in a single lane and crossed over into the southbound lane of traffic and hit the other truck on the driver’s side.

Both vehicles and towed semi-trailers suffered extensive damage in the wreck.

Hedger was pronounced dead on the scene by Wheeler County Justice of the Peace Rick Walden.

Bodescu and passenger, 37-year-old Ioan Sandu, of Clinton Township, Michigan, were taken to the hospital in Shamrock with non-life-threatening injuries.

DPS said the Texas Highway Patrol is still investigating this crash.

Copyright 2022 Paragon Communications. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without permission.

2510262028_1361224

Elk City man loses control on wet I-40

Elk City, OK – 27-year-old Elk City man was injured Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 40 eastbound at mile marker 38 in Beckham County, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Troopers said Brandin R.

2510151613_2153385

Fatal SH-54 crash south of Gotebo

Gotebo, OK — A two-vehicle collision on State Highway 54, about 3.8 miles south of Gotebo, left one man dead and another injured early Tuesday, October 14, 2025, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. OHP says the

2510100849_1509590

SWOSU responds after death of student, urges care

Weatherford, OK — Southwestern Oklahoma State University has issued a campus message following the confirmation of student Logan Nathaniel Musil’s death and an arrest in the case. President Janet Cunningham, Ed.D., called the loss “devastating,” offered condolences

2510091621_146201

Missing SWOSU student found deceased, one arrested

Weatherford, OK — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says an 18-year-old Southwestern Oklahoma State University student reported missing last week has been found deceased, and another 18-year-old has been arrested. SWOSU Police asked the OSBI on

2510061712_1517194

OSBI Assisting in Search of Missing SWOSU Student

Weatherford, OK – The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is now assisting Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) Police in the search for a missing student. Eighteen-year-old Logan Nathaniel Musil, a current student at SWOSU, was reported

2510031058_4667301

Thousands Attend Elk City Festival

Elk City, OK – Elk City’s 52nd Fall Festival ushered in the season. The annual event, held the 3rd weekend in September at the Elk City Convention Center and sponsored by the Elk City Chamber of Commerce,