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Frisco Man Dies 14 Weeks After Firey Truck Accident That Killed His Family

Fourteen weeks after Wyndell Greene, 35, of Frisco, was badly burned in a Kaufman County car crash that killed his wife and two children, died Saturday morning of an apparent blood clot. Greene, his wife, Lakeysha, and their children: daughter, Wesleigh, 5, and son, Wyndell II, whom they called Kyle, were traveling east on Interstate 20 near Terrell on Memorial Day weekend to celebrate Kyle's 3rd birthday.

An 18-wheeler hit their Toyota 4Runner from behind, starting a chain reaction that also injured several others in four vehicles. The Greenes' SUV ended up wedged beneath another 18-wheeler before bursting into flames. A tow-truck driver who was nearby working on an unrelated accident pulled Wyndell Greene out of the car, but it was too late for his family. It appeared that Lakeysha Greene had unbuckled her seatbelt and reached into the back seat trying to help her children. She was thrown from the car on impact. Wyndell Greene suffered third-degree burns in the accident. Family members and friends followed his battle toward recovery on a CaringBridge website kept up by his brother Bill Greene, first at Parkland Memorial Hospital and then at UT Southwestern University Hospital. There was good news Sept. 3 when Wyndell Greene returned to his Frisco home. Family members gathered around him, but he cried when he went upstairs to each of his children's rooms.

The next day was Wyndell Greene's 35th birthday and, as his brother Bill put in on the website, "The party was a BIG success. Just about everyone Wyndell and Keysha knew who lives in the U.S. was here – if not in person, in spirit." But Wyndell Greene died a week later from complications caused by his burns. Bill Greene called his brother "my rock and guiding star."

Headlines commonly offer that several people were injured in an automobile or truck crash and taken to the hospital but those simple words do not begin to tell the story of the wide variety of afflictions wrought from vehicle wrecks or the recuperation processes associated with such. My heart goes out to all of his family and friends. Truck wrecks often have horrendous results. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in wrecks involving tractor-trailers, 53 percent of people that were injured either suffer incapacitating injuries or death. This number is very high and projected to grow higher.

Information and commentary is provided by Dallas/Fort Worth Truck Accident Attorney Mark Anderson. The Anderson Law Firm can be reached in Fort Worth at 817-294-1900 or in Dallas at 214-327-8000. If you have questions about a car or truck accident, please fill out our contact form online for a free consultation.