The suspect vehicle is a Ford 4-door pickup hauling a black trailer.
Rhome, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The Rhome Police Department is looking for witnesses and a person of interest in connection to a deadly incident on US Highway 287 last Friday. The accident happened around 7:15am between Pioneer Parkway and Highway 114.
Police say the victim was 55-year-old Jerry Wayne Newton of Decatur who was on a motorcycle when he was forced off the road by the driver of a pickup truck hauling a black trailer.
The suspect vehicle is a Ford four-door F259 or F350. police say it has an aftermarket front bumper, a hood scoop with marker lights beneath the hood line and dark grey or black wheels.
Police said the trailer has mismatched wheels — two are white and the other two are grey. The trailer was carrying what appears to be a black and white asphalt roller or similar equipment with a high bar behind the seat.
Anyone with any information about the crash is asked to call Rhome police at 817-636-2400 or the Wise County Sheriff’s Office at 940-627-5971.
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