Emergency Personnel Rescue Man From Beneath Truck Following Crash

September 21, 2020 - State Highway 87 (SH 87) North just over 3 miles south of Timpson was the scene of a major one-vehicle crash Monday, September 21, 2020 which left a man trapped beneath the vehicle.

Timpson Volunteer Fire Department, and Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers were dispatched to the scene and Shelby County Sheriff's Deputies also responded to the incident. Upon arrival, a pickup truck was found to be on top of a barbed wire fence and a small tree with a man still under the truck.

According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Keith Jones, at around 10:15am a red 2003 Ford F150 driven by Alfred Layne Cantrell, 26, of Timpson was northbound at an unsafe speed on SH 87 just before CR 4020. 

Another vehicle, also traveling northbound, was preparing to turn and in realizing there wasn't enough time to stop Cantrell made a legal pass to avoid striking the vehicle. The Ford hydroplaned and left the roadway to the left where it went into a side skid, overturned and ejected Cantrell from the vehicle. The truck then came to rest on top of Cantrell and a cluster of tallow trees.

Fire personnel with Timpson VFD and Center Fire Department took great care in utilizing air lifting bags and blocks to raise the truck off of Cantrell, and they were succesful in working with EMS personnel in moving Cantrell to a waiting ambulance.

Cantrell was then transported by ambulance to a hospital for treatment.

He was issued citations for unsafe speed and no seat belt.