James Mays Killed at Galveston Shipyard
A 40-year-old man was killed in a backhoe accident while working at a Southeast Texas shipyard Monday afternoon. Officials said the crew was digging a hole on a project when James Mays of Channelview was operating a backhoe from outside the cab and got pinned by the boom. Mays was working at Southwest Shipyard as […]
Texas A&M Student Garrett Cole Luce Killed in Fatal Train Accident
A sophomore student of Texas A&M University was struck and killed by a freight train early Sunday morning near the 100 block of Wellborn Rd North. The incident happened at approximately 3 a.m. when Garrett Cole Luce, 19, of College Station, was seen lying on the tracks and got hit by the train that failed […]
Darrell Gene Sorensen Dies in Central Texas Ultralight Aircraft Crash
The pilot of an ultralight was found dead in the plane wreckage in Limestone County on Monday. The 69-year-old pilot, Darrell Gene Sorensen of Groesbeck, was operating the experimental Quicksilver Ultralight Sprint MX II when it went down in a field off of a private road near Limestone County Road 762 west of Lake Limestone. […]
Felix Martinez Struck, Killed By Pickup
A pedestrian died early Sunday after being hit by a pickup truck on the 3500 block of North Main in Belton. Felix Martinez, 55, of Temple, was walking on the southbound lane of North Main Street at about 4:45 a.m. when a southbound pickup truck struck him. Martinez was pronounced dead at the scene. The […]
Sarah Cornelison Lovejoy Dies in Single-Vehicle Highway Crash
A weekend crash on Farm-to-Market Road 580 near Bend claimed the life of a Central Texas woman. The accident occurred Sunday morning on a rural highway just near the home of the victim, identified as 69-year-old Sarah Cornelison Lovejoy of Bend. Lovejoy was heading east on FM 580 travelling at a high rate of speed […]
Samuel Lee Johnson Dies in 18-Wheeler Crash in Eastland County
A one-vehicle crash on Interstate 20 in Eastland County left one Lancaster man dead on Saturday. At approximately 8:45 a.m., a Freightliner truck was heading east on I-20 near mile marker 337 when it crossed the median, left the roadway and slammed into a tree. The 18-wheeler truck tumbled into a creek bed and hit […]
Bradley Joe Mitchel Killed in Crash Near Sanger
A teenager died after the pickup truck he was driving in crashed in rural Denton County outside of Sanger early Saturday morning. The Department of Public Safety said the crash happened just after 4 a.m. when a 2005 GMC truck left the pavement in the 4300 block of View Road and crashed into an utility […]
District Judge Martha Jane Trudo Injured in Two-Vehicle Crash
A district judge and a Temple police officer were hurt following a two-vehicle crash on Belton Friday night. District Judge Martha Jane Trudo was undergoing treatment at Scott and White Hospital in Temple after an accident at the intersection of FM 2410 and Simmons Road just south of U.S. Highway 190 outside of Belton at […]
Daniel William Campbell Dies in Motorcycle Crash
An early-morning motorcycle accident on Southwest Amarillo left a 21-year-old man dead on Friday. Daniel William Campbell, 21, was riding a 2004 Harley Davidson heading east on West 46th Avenue at around 2:00 a.m. when he lost control of the bike, left the roadway and hit a traffic control sign on the intersection of 46th […]
Brett Vick, Ouida Richards and Melba Compton Die in Hunt County Crash
A two-vehicle head-on crash on County Road 1040 near the small Hunt County town of Celeste left three people dead Thursday night. Brett Wayne Vick, 44, of Greenville, was driving a 2002 Chevy Impala travelling south on Highway 69 from Denison to Greenville when he crossed into the northbound lanes and crashed head-on into an […]