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Cedar Creek man dies in Tuesday traffic accident

Cedar Creek, Tx–One man died in an accident at 7:50 p.m. Feb. 10 at the intersection of Texas 21 and FM 812 in southwestern Bastrop County.

Killed was Martin Ortiz, 40, of Cedar Creek, who was west bound on Texas 21.

Two other vehicles were involved in the mishap. One was driven by Sandy Allen Sendgikoski of Kyle, the other by Daniel Richards, 60, of Red Rock, according to a Department of Public Safety report.

The same preliminary report indicated that the four-door Dodge driven by Sendgikoski failed to stop for a stop sign on FM 812 and struck the Mazda pickup driven by Ortiz. The Mazda was then forced into the east bound lane of Texas 21 and the Chevrolet pickup driven by Richards , DPS indicated.

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3 Responses to “Cedar Creek man dies in Tuesday traffic accident”

  1. flora68 says:
    February 16, 2009 at 2:34 am

    Have there been any updates at all on the condition of retired Sheriff Daniel T. Richards?

  2. admin says:
    February 17, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    Thanks for keeping tabs. I have no new information on the condition of retired Travis County Chief Deputy Sheriff Dan Richards since the accident. —dmc

  3. mb55 says:
    February 22, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    Dan Richards, one of the finest men I have ever known, passed away tonight (2-22-09) shortly after being taken off life support. He will be greatly missed.

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