Cardavious Taplin Death – We are extremely devastated to announce the death of Cardavious Taplin who has been identified as the victim in a Friday morning double-fatal vehicle crash involving a 25-year-old unlicensed driver in Bell County.
Cardavious Taplin and Matthew Odle, were killed in two-vehicle crash near Nolanville Friday morning.
Matthew Odle was operating a vehicle on Interstate 14 near Paddy Hamilton Road in Belton, when the vehicle was involved in a collision with a vehicle operated by unlicensed driver, Courtney Madison, around 5:10 a.m. Friday.
Matthew Odle was pronounced dead at the scene.
Shandrea Taylor, a passenger in Madison’s vehicle, and Madison, suffered unknown injuries in the crash.
Taplin, also a passenger in Madison’s vehicle, was pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries at the scene.