Decatur – Paul Lipp Dies in Two-Vehicle Crash on Farm Road 51
Posted on Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 at 6:26 am
The Decatur Police Department has identified the 69-year-old man who died in a fatal auto collision on Farm to Market 51 Road, north of Decatur, Saturday afternoon.
The fatality was identified as Paul Lipp, 69.
Local firefighters responded to FM 51 following a report of a crash at around 4:00 p.m. An initial investigation shows that a Ford F-350 was traveling along the northbound lane of the highway when, for reasons that had not been determined by authorities, it drifted onto the oncoming lanes where it crashed into a northbound 2005 Ford F-150. Both vehicles spun before going off the roadway.
Lipp, who was operating one of the vehicles, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle was airlifted to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth where he received treatment for his injuries. He was later identified as 61-year-old Harold Frey.
Aside from Decatur firefighters, Wise County emergency crews arrived at the scene to assist the victims.
An investigation is ongoing.
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According to the National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA), car accidents happen almost every minute of the day, and for every 16 minutes, a car accident occurs that results in death. So that is about 6 million car accidents every year and 90 people dying in car accidents every day in the U.S. alone. Despite the government’s aggressive efforts to keep these cases down, Texas remains the worst state in the country for alcohol-involved car crashes.
