March 20, 2024 - SL 500 was the scene of a single-vehicle crash March 19, 2024, involving an 18-wheeler that was transporting a load of corn.
Sometime just before 10pm and just over 1/4 mile from the intersection of U.S. Highway 96 South and SL 500, the truck and trailer appeared to have traveled off the roadway and lost it’s load of corn.
Center Fire Department was dispatched to the location of the incident, as well as officers with Center Police Department, Shelby County Sheriff’s Department and Texas Department of Public Safety.
Once on scene it was determined the driver was unharmed in the incident and a wrecker service was called to the scene to right the truck tractor. Officers held traffic at both ends of the crash scene until the roadway was clear.
According to the Center Police Department, at 9:46pm a white 1998 Peterbilt truck tractor driven by Brian Kelly, 30, of Pioneer, LA, was eastbound on SL 500 when he reached for something that had fallen in the truck. The trailer left the roadway before pulling the truck off the road and causing the trailer and truck to come to rest on their right side.
