Authorities released the name of the driver of a Ford F-250 involved in the head-on collision Oct. 29 that killed three members of a Pipe Creek, Texas, family.
According to the report, Carl Sidney Galm, 58, of Bandera, Texas, was driving his 2022 Ford F-250 westbound on FM 46 at about 7:45 p.m. Oct. 29 when he attempted to pass a vehicle on a hill, on a blind curve in a no-passing zone in the 7600 block, about five miles west of Boerne.
Galm's truck collided head-on with a 2015 Toyota Corolla driven by Roger Waid, 50, of Pipe Creek, Texas. The collision killed Waid, his wife, Patricia Waid, and 14-year-old daughter, Blake Lynn Waid. Texas highway Patrol officers declared all three dead at the scene.
"The report indicated speed was a factor to the severity of the crash," the report reads.
Force of the impact pushed the Waid vehicle, traveling east at speed limit, backward and into a fenceline along the roadside. Galm's truck flipped, rolling over once, before landing upright and facing east, in the direction he had come.
EMS took Galm from the scene to a hospital in the region.
The Boerne Star is seeking details on what charges Galm faces, following the release of this information.
Existing state law gives a law enforcement officer investigating a crash up to 10 days to submit a report to the Texas Department of Transportation, which then can take up to four days to review and certify the report.
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