March 1, 2017 - Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers and Shelby County Sheriff Deputies were dispatched to the scene of a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 87 Tuesday, February 28, 2017.
When officers arrived, just north of FM 1645, a silver Nissan Titan V8 pickup truck was located on the northbound shoulder of the roadway.
It appeared the truck had been southbound on SH 87 when it left the roadway to the right and then crossed back over the highway before striking a fence and coming to rest facing northeast.
Timpson Police Officers later responded to the scene as the truck was a suspect vehicle in another incident within the city limits.
According to Timpson Police Chief Kent Graham, before the crash occurred on SH 87 Jason Rex Hinton, 42, of San Augustine allegedly struck a mailbox on Houston Street in Timpson. Hinton was immediately confronted by the homeowner who walked in front of the stopped vehicle to assess the damage to the truck and the mailbox.
The homeowner neared the driver's side front of the vehicle and as he went to speak to the driver, the truck allegedly accelerated and struck the homeowner knocking him into a nearby ditch. When Chief Graham heard the description of the truck in the crash, he drove to that location to confirm it was the same vehicle.
Hinton was not reported to have received injuries as a result of the crash. He was arrested at the scene of the crash and was later booked into the Shelby County Jail on charges of driving while intoxicated, misdemeanor b; criminal mischief, misdemeanor b; and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, felony 2.
