Death on HPR

Last week a teenager died on Hamilton Pool Road, between Destiny Hills Drive and the Lazy Fork restaurant.

Adam Smith, 16, died after a Ford pickup truck crossed into oncoming traffic and hit his Toyota truck.

The crash caused the Toyota to go airborne and land on a third car, a BMW.

Smith's friend David Torres, 17, is in critical condition. The drivers of the Ford pick up truck and BMW were treated and released.

Police are still investigating the cause of the accident.

It was a misty Sunday night, wet roads. And that's a really twisty section. It's easy to imagine oncoming headlights on a slick road causing you to lose sight of the road.

The speed limit should be 45, but I imagine drivers would ignore it anyway. Sigh.