July 4, 2023 - State Highway 87 South of FM 147 was the scene of a single-vehicle crash involving a culvert.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Taylor Buster, at 1:35pm on June 27, 2023, a silver 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe driven by a 17-year-old male driver of Shelbyville was southbound on State Highway 87 South near CR 2124.
At that time, for an unknown reason, the Hyundai failed to drive in a single lane and the driver overcorrected, jerking the wheel and taking the vehicle back onto the roadway before flipping and striking a culvert.
The driver was transported by ambulance to Nacogdoches Medical Center - Shelby Emergency Department for evaluation and of possible treatment of injuries. He was issued a citation for fail to drive in a single lane.
Emergency personnel with the Shelbyville Volunteer Fire Department assisted at the scene with traffic control and in coming to the aid of the driver. Jamie Hagler, Constable Precinct 2, and DPS Trooper Chris Cain assisted with the crash investigation.
While traffic control was ongoing, and traffic was at a slow pace to protect everyone at the scene of the crash, a truck tractor hauling a tanker passed the slower moving vehicles within the crash scene through the double yellow lines. Trooper Cain immediately got into his unit and tracked down the truck tractor.
