May 9, 2023 - Emergency responders were dispatched to a single-vehicle crash on FM 417 just east of Shelbyville on May 8, 2023, where a pickup truck had collided with a tree.
Shelbyville Volunteer Fire Department was on scene to assist as well as Shelbyville ISD Police Chief Jud Matthews.
Just after the crash occurred, two individuals pulled the driver from the vehicle which was beginning to catch on fire.
According to information from Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the preliminary investigation indicates that at approximately 4:30pm, a grey 2004 Ford F-150 truck pickup was traveling east. It is reported that the driver was traveling at a speed which was unsafe and lost control when it traveled off the road to the left and struck a tree, at which point it caught fire.
The driver, identified as a 16-year-old male, was transported to Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital for treatment.
This is an ongoing investigation, and no further details are available at this time.
DPS Trooper Chris Cain investigated the crash at the scene.
AS the scene was being investigated, a second crash was reported on U.S. Highway 96 South, and both DPS units and Shelbyville Fire Department units left the first scene to assist on U.S. 96.
