SH 87 in Shelbyville Scene of Truck-Tractor Rollover (Updated)

September 15, 2025 - State Highway 87 in Shelbyville is the scene of a truck-tractor chicken hauler rollover September 15, 2025 at around 2:40pm.

According to details from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the preliminary crash investigation indicates that at approximately 2:40pm, a 2018 Kenworth T880 driven by Edward Hernandez, 51, of Lufkin and towing a 2008 trailer was traveling north. It is reported that the Kenworth was approaching a left-hand curve at an unsafe speed, left the roadway to the right, and overturned.

Hernandez was not reported to have been injured.

According to DPS, this is an ongoing investigation, and no further information is available at this time.

Shelby County Sheriff's Department Deputies, Shelbyville Volunteer Fire Department, and TxDOT assisted at the scene.