Bastrop, Tx–What may have been the first highway traffic fatality of 2010 in the area took place about 4:48 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Texas 21/71 and FM 20 just west of Bastrop.
Reported dead at the scene was 47-year-old Bradley Goble who was driving east on Texas 71 when his vehicle crossed the median and struck another auto, according to a Department of Public Safety report.