More charges pursued for driver accused of hitting Tye firefighter during I-20 trailer fire

More charges pursued for driver accused of hitting Tye firefighter during I-20 trailer fire

TYE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - In the early morning of Wednesday, March 19, Tye and Merkel firefighters responded to a large tractor-trailer fire in the westbound lanes of I-20 just west of Tye, near the 277 exit. Before the scene was contained, a driver, now identified as 20-year-old Nathan James Newlin, bypassed the barricades and struck a Tye firefighter while traveling around 15-20 miles per hour. Tye VFD Fire Chief Chris Thomas said that this is …