March 5, 2024 - Emergency responders responded to a single-vehicle crash on FM 139 Saturday, March 2, 2024, which resulted in the death of the driver involved.
Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department responded to the location at FM 2572, in addition to EMS and Constable Roy Cheatwood.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, at 8:50pm on March 2, 2024, a maroon 1989 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck driven by James Daylon Witter, 25, of San Augustine was northbound on FM 139 at an unsafe speed when the truck entered a curve and left the roadway to the right striking a fixed object and rolled.
Witter was ejected from the truck and was later pronounced deceased at the scene by Melba Rodgers, Justice of the Peace Precinct 3. Witter was transported from the scene by Mangum Funeral Home.
The crash was investigated by Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Keith Jones.
