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Weekend tragedies investigated
San Jacinto News- Times
SHEPHERD – Two people were killed, one transported to a Houston hospital and one walked away from a three vehicle accident at the Shepherd underpass on U.S. Hwy. 59 Saturday that tied-up travelers for more than nine hours. Dead are 58-year-old Hollis Taylor of Silsbee and Richard Hodges, 57, of Brazoria. According to Department of Public Safety (DPS) Trooper Mike Schraubs, Taylor was driving a tractor trailer with logging equipment on it that was too tall to clear the underpass. “The skidder was knocked off the trailer and hit a white Toyota Camry driven by Harry Wilkes, 68, of Brazoria, knocking the Toyota sideways where it was struck by a tanker truck driven by William Buckles Jr., 49, of Louisiana,” Schraubs said. Hodges was a passenger in Wilkes’ vehicle. Wilkes was transported to Hermann Memorial Hospital by air ambulance with injuries, Schraubs said. Buckles, who was driving the tanker truck walked away from the accident with no injuries, Schraubs said. The accident, which occurred around 11:35 a.m. kept Hwy. 59 traffi c diverted via FM 2914 until 9:30 p.m. while Cleveland Hazmat and Rescue teams cleaned up an estimated 50 barrels of crude oil that spilled into the roadway from the tanker truck that was punctured during the accident. Also on the scene were the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Department, Shepherd, Camilla, Bear Creek, Coldspring Volunteer Fire Departments, PHI Life Flight, Legacy ambulances, Texas Department of Transportation and Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Red Blanchette. Multiple suicides investigated The San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Department also investigated multiple suicides last weekend. On Saturday, July 31, deputies were dispatched to an address off Industrial Boulevard in Shepherd for an apparent suicide. The body of a white male, 38 years of age, was found at about 6:30 p.m. with a single gunshot wound. An autopsy is pending and the case is still being investigated. On the same day, deputies were dispatched to Freedom Lane in Shepherd at about 7:30 p.m. to the body of a deceased male about 66 years of age who had been found on the ground beside his vehicle. Detectives arrived on the scene and started their investigation. An autopsy is pending to determine cause of death. On Sunday, Aug. 1, county deputies were dispatched to a residence on Hill Road in the Old Waverly Community about 6:30 p.m. for an apparent suicide. Deputies arrived to find a deceased male, 74 years of age, laying beside a tree on the property with a single gunshot wound. An autopsy is pending and the case is still under investigation
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