A Garden City, Kansas man died and two others were seriously injured Saturday evening when their SUV struck a deer and rolled off US 83 north of Canadian, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).

The crash occurred around 6:15 p.m. Nov. 15. DPS said a 2014 Jeep Wrangler heading north hit a deer standing in the roadway, causing the driver to swerve hard to the left. The vehicle skidded across the highway, went over a guardrail and rolled through several small trees west of the roadway.

The driver, 60-year-old Fernando Escalante, was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected. He died at the scene.

Two passengers — 65-year-old Marina Escalante and 59-year-old Aburto Quintil Dominguez, both of Garden City — were wearing seat belts and suffered serious injuries. They were take

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