January 28, 2025 - FM 139 near FM 2787 in the Joaquin area was the scene of a truck tractor rollover crash Monday, January 27, 2025.
Emergency responders with the Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department, Shelby County Sheriff’s Department, Constable Precinct 3 Roy Cheatwood all responded to assist the driver involved.
When responders arrived, a truck tractor was on its side partially in the roadway with its load of pulp wood on the side of the road.
While Texas Department of Public State Troopers investigated the incident, fire personnel provided traffic control.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the preliminary crash investigation indicates that at approximately 4:29pm, a green 1995 International Harvester truck tractor driven by Johnny Anthony, 66, of San Augustine towing a pole-trailer was traveling south. It is reported that Anthony was traveling at an unsafe speed while attempting to negotiate a curve, left the road to the right, and overturned onto its side.
Anthony was not reported to have been injured. Citation details were not provided by DPS.
According to DPS, this is an ongoing investigation, and no further information is available at this time.
