The Ellis County Press: Fatal crash occurs in Hutchins Fatal crash occurs in Hutchins ================================================================================ Editor on 03/13/2003 00:00:00 JIM WILLIAMS Staff Writer HUTCHINS - Gary Thomas Speirs II, 30, an off-duty Cockrell Hill volunteer fire-fighter who lived in Grand Prairie, was killed at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday, March 9 after the vehicle he was driving struck a sign in the vicinity of Interstate 45 and Dowdy Ferry Road. Dallas County Sheriff's Department was investigating the cause of the crash.