DPS Investigates Fiery Crash on FM 417

September 5, 2023 - Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers are investigating a crash on Farm-to-Market Road 417, approximately six miles east of Shelbyville, that occurred Monday, September 4, 2023.

The preliminary crash investigation indicates that at approximately 10:45pm, a Honda Accord passenger car driven by Daulton Magby, 21, of Shelbyville was traveling east. It is reported that the driver was traveling at a speed which was unsafe around a curve and lost control. The passenger car exited the road to the left and struck a high-line pole and then a tree, where it caught fire.

Magby was transported to Nacogdoches Medical Center for treatment.

This is an ongoing investigation, and no further information is available at this time.