March 17, 2020 - FM 1970 South just before County Road 4755 was the scene of a single-vehicle rollover crash Thursday, March 12, 2020 at around 7:50pm.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) State Trooper Taylor Buster, a maroon 1999 Ford F-350 driven by Logan Yates, 19, of Timpson was northbound on FM 1970 South. The truck was traveling at an unsafe speed for the curve in the roadway.
Yates tooks faulty evasive action traveling into the oncoming lane and leaving the roadway where the vehicle rolled and came to rest on its top.
Emergency personnel with the Timpson Volunteer Ambulance Service was dispatched to the scene.
Yates was charged with unsafe speed and driving while intoxicated. He was later taken into custody and transported by Texas DPS State Trooper Dustin Ramos.
According to the Shelby County Jail log, Yates was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
