January 18, 2022 - State Highway 87 North five miles from Center in the Mt. Gillion Community was the scene of back-to-back crashes Monday, January 17, 2022.
The first of the two crashes involved a pickup truck and a passenger car as the pickup truck was preparing to turn into a driveway.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) State Trooper David Shields, at around 6:30pm a black 2015 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck driven by Vera Boxley, 69, with passenger passenger Sheila Reed, 57, was northbound and was preparing to turn into a private driveway.
At that time a black 2016 Chevrolet Cruze passenger car driven by Trevonte Adkins, 26, of Louisiana was in the same lane behind the Dodge and failed to control speed resulting in a collision with the rear of the truck.
Adkins and his passenger Shamia Richards, 21, were transported from the scene by ambulance for treatment of possible injury.
The crash remains under investigation.
Assisting at the scene were Josh Tipton, Constable Precinct 5, and the Shelby County Sheriff's Department.
While the investigation into the first crash was ongoing, a similar incident occurred around 1/4 of a mile south as drivers were responding to the appearance of the original crash scene and were stopping to comply with emergency traffic.
According to Texas DPS Trooper Tim Grace, traffic was becoming congested due to the previous crash when a white 2010 Kenworth driven by Kenneth Lee Campbell, 33, came to a stop and a grey 2013 Hyundai Elantra driven by Carlos Morales, 28, of Timpson failed to control speed and struck the Kenworth in the rear.
During the investigation, both vehicles were removed to the shoulder until the investigation was completed and the Hyundai was towed from the scene.
No injuries were reported as a result of this crash.
Morales was cited for no driver's license, no insurance, and failure to control speed.
