Last Monday afternoon, an elderly man was killed in a wreck on I-40. According to WLOS ABC News Channel 13, the incident happened in the westbound lanes, sometime around noon, near exit 8. For currently unknown reasons, 82-year-old Russell Ellsworth Bly, turned into the path of an oncoming box truck. The box truck was travelling west on I-240, when Bly went to turn onto the roadway.
Although he was rushed to Mission Hospital, he succumbed to his injuries. Very few details have been released about this crash, and there’s no word on whether or not the driver of the box truck suffered from any injuries. The team at Davis Law Group, P.A. sends their deepest condolences to the family members and friends of Russell Ellsworth Bly.