Byron Wilson
Byron Lynn Wilson was 34 and from Amarillo, and he had been attending cosmetology school, about 200 hours from graduating. His brother Blanton said he had prepared paperwork so Byron could transfer his credits to a school in Haworth, Oklahoma, and said, "He was on his way to get out and ready to move on." On January 14, 2015, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice bus carrying Byron went off Interstate 20 near Odessa and collided with a moving train, killing ten people on board. The National Transportation Safety Board found the bus lost control after striking a section of damaged guardrail, and the family asked that he be buried near home in Haworth rather than in the state prison cemetery.
Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. The NTSB found that the prison transport bus lost control after striking damaged guardrail and then collided with a moving train, and Byron's brother Blanton Wilson described the death as a bus crash.
Reported by: National Transportation Safety Board (outside investigators); his brother Blanton Wilson (family or their lawyers).