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Mother urges committee to name highway stretch after 9-year-old killed in head-on crash; committee advances bill

3215360 · May 7, 2025
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Marissa Mullins testified in support of House Bill 24 57, which would designate a portion of US Highway 287 the “Molly Mullins Memorial Mile.” She said safety improvements made after her daughter’s death have stopped major crashes at that location.

The Senate Committee on Transportation heard emotional testimony and advanced House Bill 24 57, which would designate a portion of U.S. Highway 287 in Wilbarger County as the Molly Mullins Memorial Mile.

Marissa Mullins, the child’s mother, told the committee that her 9-year-old daughter Molly was killed on March 16, 2024, when a driver crossed a grassy median and struck the family’s vehicle. “My beautiful 9 year old daughter, Molly, who loved pink, was killed,” Mullins…

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