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Horn student dies in accident: Four others injured in single vehicle incident
By Kenny Green, kgreen@starlocalnews.com
A tragic automobile accident claimed the life of Horn High School senior Sigfrid L. Credo, 18, on Monday, Sept. 24. Credo was on part of a group of students that were returning to mesquite from a trip to Texas Tech University.
“Everyone is in shock right now,” said Elizabeth Fernandez, MISD spokesperson. “They were returning from a college visit.”
Credo and three other classmates, including his twin brother Roald Louis Credo, 17, were returning from a trip to the university when the accident occurred.
According to Department of Public Safety officials, the Credos, Scott Michael Hiney, 17, Travis Wayne Tarlton, 17, and Brandon Stewart, 18, were traveling in a Volvo southbound on U.S. 84 near Roscoe at approximately 2:35 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 24, when the vehicle, driven by Hiney, left the road and went onto the median. Hiney overcorrected to try and regain control of the vehicle and sent the vehicle into a skid which caused it to overturn. Sigfrid Credo, Tarlton and Stewart, who were not wearing seat belts, were ejected from the Volvo. Hiney was wearing a seat belt.
Sigfrid L. Credo was pronounced dead at 9:19 p.m. Monday at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene.
“The students had an expanded meet at the pole this morning where there were a lot of prayers,” Fernandez said. “We have provided grief counselors at the school.”
She said he was very active in the fine arts department at Horn.
“He was a drum major, in the choir and performed in several plays and musical theater [productions],” Fernandez said. “He was a big part of the fine arts department.”
“You didn’t have to know Sigfrid for him to make an impression on you. He had a natural ability to make others laugh as does his brother, Roald. Sigrid was the kind of kid that didn’t try to be better than others; he tried to make others better [and] he was successful at that, it was just a gift he had. All of us who knew him are better people because of him,” said Denise Brown, a math teacher at Horn that taught Sigfrid for two years.
The remaining teenagers were sent to area hospitals in Sweetwater and Abilene. Their medical conditions were not immediately available at press time.
This is the second tragedy Horn High School students have had to deal this month. Former Horn student Shania Gray, 16, was murdered on Sept. 6. Gray attended Horn her first two years of high school before transferring to Hebron High School in Carrollton this year.
“Everyone is in shock right now,” said Elizabeth Fernandez, MISD spokesperson. “They were returning from a college visit.”
Credo and three other classmates, including his twin brother Roald Louis Credo, 17, were returning from a trip to the university when the accident occurred.
According to Department of Public Safety officials, the Credos, Scott Michael Hiney, 17, Travis Wayne Tarlton, 17, and Brandon Stewart, 18, were traveling in a Volvo southbound on U.S. 84 near Roscoe at approximately 2:35 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 24, when the vehicle, driven by Hiney, left the road and went onto the median. Hiney overcorrected to try and regain control of the vehicle and sent the vehicle into a skid which caused it to overturn. Sigfrid Credo, Tarlton and Stewart, who were not wearing seat belts, were ejected from the Volvo. Hiney was wearing a seat belt.
Sigfrid L. Credo was pronounced dead at 9:19 p.m. Monday at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene.
“The students had an expanded meet at the pole this morning where there were a lot of prayers,” Fernandez said. “We have provided grief counselors at the school.”
She said he was very active in the fine arts department at Horn.
“He was a drum major, in the choir and performed in several plays and musical theater [productions],” Fernandez said. “He was a big part of the fine arts department.”
“You didn’t have to know Sigfrid for him to make an impression on you. He had a natural ability to make others laugh as does his brother, Roald. Sigrid was the kind of kid that didn’t try to be better than others; he tried to make others better [and] he was successful at that, it was just a gift he had. All of us who knew him are better people because of him,” said Denise Brown, a math teacher at Horn that taught Sigfrid for two years.
The remaining teenagers were sent to area hospitals in Sweetwater and Abilene. Their medical conditions were not immediately available at press time.
This is the second tragedy Horn High School students have had to deal this month. Former Horn student Shania Gray, 16, was murdered on Sept. 6. Gray attended Horn her first two years of high school before transferring to Hebron High School in Carrollton this year.
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