October 17, 2026 - Emergency personnel from Shelby County responded to crash involving a pickup truck and trailer as well as a trailer from an 18-wheeler that was in the middle of the roadway on U.S. Highway 96 on October 14, 2026.
Shelby County Sheriff's Deputies Sgt. Misty Ray and Chris Luna continued beyond the location in Shelby County where they had originally been dispatched, in search of the incident. Once beyond the county line and into San Augustine County, the crash was located. Additional units with the San Augustine County Sheriff's Department including Deputies Chad Hooper and Michael Williams and San Augustine Fire Departments also soon arrived.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the preliminary crash investigation indicates that at approximately 4:57pm, a 2006 Freightliner truck tractor driven by Armando Gonzalez, 45, of Balch Springs, towing a 2023 dump trailer and a 2024 Chevrolet 2500 driven by Keither Holmes, 27, of Longview, towing a flatbed trailer were traveling south. It is reported that the trailer that the Freightliner was towing detached from the truck and the Chevrolet struck the trailer.
Gonzalez was not reported to have been injured.
Holmes was transported by ambulance to the Shelby Emergency Department for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
This is an ongoing investigation, and no further information is available at this time.
Trooper Matt Chandler investigated the crash and Center Fire Department also responded in search of the incident. TxDOT personnel were on scene as needed.
