Thursday, March 27, 1997
Death ruled accidental
SWEETWATER - The March 19 death of a woman who fell from a
truck on Interstate 20 has been ruled accidental.
Nolan County Sheriff Donnie Rannefeld said the death of Kellie
McCarty Gonzalez, 36, of Clovis, N.M., was alcohol-related.
Gonzalez apparently either jumped or fell from the passenger
side of an 18-wheeler driven by her husband of two weeks, Johnny
Gonzalez, 34, of Muleshoe. She fell under the wheels of the truck
and died at the scene between Roscoe and Sweetwater.
No one witnessed the accident and the driver was detained during
the investigation. He told officers he heard the outside door
to the tractor's sleeping compartment open, so he began slowing
down and pulled off the interstate. After stopping, he said he
discovered his wife's body behind the truck.
A passing motorist called 911 at 5:56 a.m. Rannefeld said the
woman had a drinking problem and had been at a nightclub the night
before her death. He said the woman's parents believed the death
was an accident.
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