An 83-year-old retired Garwood man died here shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday in a one-vehicle accident three miles north of Navasota on S.H. 90, according to Department of Public Safety Trooper David Daley.

According to Daley’s report, Troy Krenek of Colorado County was traveling north on S.H. 90 in a 2007 Chevy Silverado pickup truck when the vehicle left the roadway on the west side, traveled through the ditch and struck a fence, partially ejecting the driver, who was not wearing a safety restraint.

Krenek was pronounced dead at the scene by Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace John LeFlore at 9:40 a.m. Nov. 30.

On Sunday night, several minor accidents on S.H. 6 snarled holiday traffic because of the one-lane stricture north of Navasota at the river bridge.

Traffic was backed up several miles and many motorists were rerouted through town to relieve the situation. Construction at the Navasota River Bridge is expected to last another four weeks.

Thanksgiving was a time of mourning for one Graham family after an auto accident Wednesday left one man dead.

Billy Ed Corbett, 55, died at the scene of the accident after he was thrown from his vehicle and slammed his head into a wooden post holding up a guardrail.

Department of Public Safety Trooper Larry Blanco said Corbett was driving a white GMC Sierra pickup on Highway 380 East around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday. Shortly after entering Young County, the road turns and Corbett failed to make the turn.

The Sierra drove straight into the guardrail just past FM 2075. Blanco said Corbett was thrown from the truck through the passenger side window and struck his head on the rearview mirror before hitting the wooden post.

Corbett’s body traveled another 30 feet down the roadway before coming to a stop. After striking the guardrail, the truck veered back into the road, rolling about 150 feet before stopping.
County Judge Stan Peavy III declared Corbett dead at the scene.

The Young County Sherriff’s Office, Graham Fire Rescue, Jack County Sheriff’s Office, Graham/Young County Ambulance and volunteer firefighters responded to the scene.

While there was extensive damage to the truck, Chief Deputy Carl Magee said Corbett likely would have survived if he had not been thrown from the truck.

“Seat belts save lives,” Magee said. “This is proof in this accident. He might have been injured, but he would not have died if he had a seat belt on.”

Blanco agreed that Corbett probably would have survived had he been wearing a seat belt.
“I think a seat belt might have saved his life if he’d been wearing it,” Blanco said.
Blanco said alcohol might have been a factor in the accident because officers did find empty containers in the truck.  

An East Texas sheriff died Thursday when his patrol car crashed while he pursued a possible suspect.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says Trinity County Sheriff Brent Lee was was pronounced dead at the scene of the 4 a.m. crash on FM 3453 in Trinity County near Lake Livingston, about 15 miles northeast of Huntsville.

The DPS report says Lee’s car swerved off the road and slammed into a utility pole and a pine tree, ejecting him from the 2006 Ford Crown Victoria.

The vehicle was engulfed in flames after the wreck, according to the report.

Lee was driving in wet and foggy conditions without wearing a seat belt, the DPS said.

The Trinity County Sheriff’s Department in Groveton did not respond to messages from The Associated Press.

Police say a car fell 16 feet from a highway overpass on Thursday, killing at least one person.

The accident happened on Highway 290 at Field Store Road on Thanksgiving afternoon. Witnesses say around 4 p.m. the vehicle fell off of the freeway onto the road below.

The driver died at the scene and a passenger was sent to the hospital by Life Flight in critical condition.

The cause of the accident is not known.

Traffic on Field Store Road was blocked in both directions following the accident.

A weekend crash ended fatally for one man and injured another.

Emergency personnel were called to a one vehicle accident on FM 920 around 8:26 a.m. Sunday morning.

The crash was located about one-and-a-half miles of mile marker 264.

Maxwell Lane Bardell, 26, of Poolville, was driving a 1999 Acura Integra, which went through a pipe fence.

According to reports, Bardell was pronounced dead at 7:30 p.m. later that night by hospital staff at Harris Methodist in Fort Worth.

Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Don Delukie investigated the scene and stated in a preliminary report that Bardell was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.

He was taken to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Officer in Fort Worth.

Steven Thomas Kern, 19, of Weatherford was a passenger in the vehicle with Bardell.

Kern, a tire service employee, was also listed as wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.

Reports show Kern was listed in serious condition and had multiple fingers amputated as a result of the crash.

He was taken to Baylor Hospital in Dallas.

In Delukie’s initial report, he stated Bardell was traveling south and came around a curve, when he lost control, went into a “side skid,” crossing the northbound lane, entered a bar ditch and struck a pipe fence.

Three persons were injured in a two-vehicle collision about two miles north of the Del Rio city limits on U.S. Highway 277 this morning.

The accident occurred about 9 a.m. when a silver 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier, driven by 84-year-old William Ellis of Kerrville, Texas, slammed nearly head-on into a 1998 Chevrolet Malibu, driven by Dolores Ibarra of Del Rio, according to Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper II Louis Rios, who investigated the crash.

Ellis’ car was traveling south on U.S. 277 and the Chevrolet driven by Ibarra was traveling north on the highway, Rios said at the scene. The trooper said Ibarra and a passenger, her daughter Juanita, were on their way to Amarillo.

Rios said Linda Garza, a resident of Ozona on her way to see a dentist in Mexico, was also traveling south on U.S. 277 moments before the collision.

Rios said Garza saw Ellis’ vehicle in her rear-view mirror and observed the silver Chevy swerving on the highway.

Rios said Garza then pulled her vehicle off the highway to let Ellis pass.

The trooper said Ellis had apparently fallen asleep while driving, awoke and saw Garza’s vehicle pulled off the roadway and overcorrected.

Rios said the overcorrection sent Ellis’ vehicle into the northbound lane of the two-lane highway, where the silver Chevrolet struck Ibarra’s vehicle on the left front quarter panel, sending Ibarra’s car spinning onto the grassy shoulder on the east side of the highway.

Ellis’ vehicle continued to skid another 100 feet from the point of impact. The car then struck a stone embankment on the east side of the highway, flipping the Cavalier onto its left side.

Ellis and a passenger, Jane Rutherford, 79, also of Kerrville, were trapped in the Cavalier until Del Rio Fire Department firefighters and paramedics from the hospital’s ambulance crew were able to extract them.

Ellis, Rutherford and Garza were transported to the hospital.

Rios said he later cited Ellis for failure to control the speed of his vehicle.

Bastrop police say a car’s female passenger was killed when it ran off the road and hit a tree Sunday night.

According to police, a 1990 Dodge Caravan was traveling eastbound on McDade Road near Gene Scott Road at 8:15 p.m. Sunday. The driver, Arturo Bengarra Lopez, 24, was driving at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the car, which crossed the center line and then hit the tree.

Bengarra’s passenger, Meagan Oviedo, 19, was killed in the accident. Bengarra is in stable condition in University Medical Center at Brackenridge.

A three year old Wellington Boy was released from the hospital today after suffering internal injuries in a wreck that happened Saturday.

The wreck happened nine miles south of Wellington on U.S. Highway eighty-three.
D.P.S. Troopers say, the driver lost control of a two thousand five Jeep Grand Cherokee rolling it one and a half times.

A two year old boy was ejected during the rollover, he died two hours later.
There’s no word on the drivers condition.

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Authorities say a Duncan man has died in a fiery accident in Stephens County.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Joe Wallace Hall suffered massive injuries and died at the scene of the accident just before 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon.

Troopers say the 51-year-old was driving a pickup truck south on a county road when the vehicle didn’t make it around a curve and left the road. The patrol says Hall overcorrected and truck went off on the other side.

The vehicle rolled onto its roof and trapped Hall inside as it caught fire.

A Fort Worth community is grieving tonight after a 17-year-old boy is killed in a car crash.  The teen was apparently going too fast down Boat Club Road Friday afternoon when he slammed into another car.  He died upon impact.

Flowers adorn the spot where 17-year-old Cameron Jeansonne’s life ended; the spot is now serving as a make-shift memorial.  On Saturday, those who knew Cameron gathered to pay their respects. 

They came with heavy hearts to pay respect and to reflect on the life of a friend lost too soon.  Cameron is being remembered by friends as a young man who loved life and LSU football equally.  He was a member of the Boswell High School junior varsity football team.  He had an uncanny ability to quickly connect with his peers.  Peers like Ryan Applewhite who are now left to mourn his unexpected loss.  “The reality of it didn’t kick in until we all went to the locker room this morning.”

Mangled metal is all that remained following the horrific accident.  Police reports say Cameron was simply driving too fast down Boat Club road when he lost control and barreled into tow other cars.  The impact proved too much for Cameron, he died at the scene.

Cameron Jeansonne is from Louisiana, friends say that is where he will be buried.  They also say this is one life lesson they will never forget.