Two brothers, who were Maxwell volunteer firefighters, killed in Lockhart collision on Monday
Two brothers, who were volunteer firefighters with the Maxwell Community Volunteer Fire Department, died in Lockhart on Monday after a collision on State Park Road, which leads to Lockhart State Park.
Lockhart police and its firefighters responded to the crash around 1:45 p.m. Monday on State Park Road and San Jacinto Street, just west of US 183.
According to Lockhart city officials, a woman driving south on San Jacinto Street was struck by a Maxwell Community Volunteer Fire Department brush truck as she turned onto State Park Road.
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The brush truck rolled over, killing the two firefighters, officials said. The woman in the other vehicle suffered minor injuries that were not expected to be life-threatening.
The road was shut down for several hours on Monday.
Lockhart police and the Texas Department of Public Safety are still investigating the crash. The Lockhart Police Department filed a summons for the woman, which is similar to a citation, for failing to yield right-of-way.
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The Maxwell Community Volunteer Fire Department confirmed Monday night that an assistant chief, Jonathon Coco, and his brother, firefighter Hunter Coco, were on their way home from a wildfire along Texas 20, just outside of Lockhart, when the crash happened.
Jonathon Coco had been a member of the fire department since 2016. Hunter Coco had been with the department for a little more than a year.
“We want to remind all that most of our fire and other emergency services are provided by selfless volunteers like these, and we pray for their families in our shared time of grief,” the department posted on its Facebook page Monday night.
“The members of both the department and district are grateful to all members of our community who have shown their support and eternal love to all of us and the Coco family in this very trying time," the post states. "We ask, respectfully, that any showing of support and gratitude for our fallen members be held until further arrangements are made.”
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Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra offered condolences to the families during the County Commissioner's Court meeting on Tuesday morning. The city of Lockhart also offered condolences to the Maxwell Community Volunteer Fire Department.
Donations in support of the Coco brothers can be made to: Maxwell Community Volunteer Fire Department, P. O. Box 216, Maxwell, Texas 78656.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Two Maxwell volunteer firefighters, brothers killed in Lockhart crash
