October 16, 2015 - The James Community was the scene of a two-vehicle crash with the third participant being a cow.
Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Anthony LaCount was alerted to the crash at 4am. Shelby County Sheriff's Deputies held the scene until his arrival.
According to Trooper LaCount, a Dodge Avenger driven by Sawyer Wilburn, 20, of Shelbyville was traveling east on State Highway 7 when he struck a black cow in the middle of his lane straight on causing front distributive damage. The Avenger came to a halt off the roadway to the right.
A tan Dodge Ram driven by Kevin Byrd, 38, of Mansfield La. was also traveling east and struck the cow with the front left of the van. Byrd and multiple occupants emerged from the van. When EMS arrived Byrd and all of his passengers refused treatment. Byrd removed the van from the scene and parked it at James Grocery near the scene.
Wilburn was transported by ACE EMS to Nacogdoches Medical Center - Center Emergency Department for minor injuries. No citations were issued to anyone involved as of the time of this report.
TxDOT responded to the scene and cleared the roadway of the deceased cow.
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