Shelby County Today

May 8, 2019 - A truck load of vegetables spread across the roadside of U.S. Highway 96 North just south of CR 3770 following a single-vehicle crash Wednesday, May 8, 2019.

According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Taylor Buster, at 9:30am a white Isuzu Diesel FTR box truck owned by MFC Food Service and driven by Yuanbo Qi, 40, of Houston was northbound on U.S. Highway 96 North when he failed to drive in a single lane leaving the road to the right.

Qi brought the Isuzu back onto the roadway and overcorrected taking faulty evasive action which caused the vehicle to roll onto it's passenger side and skid along the roadway before coming to rest in the outside lane.

No injuries were reported of Qi and he was cited for fail to drive in a single lane.

While the crash location was being worked, Tenaha Volunteer Fire Department diverted traffic around the scene until it was cleared at 12:50pm.

May 7, 2019 - State Highway 7 West and the intersection of FM 711 was the scene of a major two-vehicle crash Tuesday, May 7, 2019, which resulted in one driver being taken to the emergency room.

According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Cpl. Jimmy Faulkner, at 6:50am a black Kenworth truck-tractor owned by Fluid Disposal Specialties and diven by David Hopkins, 65, of Marshal was hauling a trailer load of dry concrete westbound and was stopping to turn onto FM 711.

At that time a black Toyota Camry XLE driven by Wesley Bromley, 22, was westbound in the same lane as the Kenworth when he failed to control speed and struck the right rear of the trailer. 

The Toyota received major damage and came to a halt in the outside westbound lane facing south.

Bromley was transported by ambulance to Nacogdoches Medical Center - Shelby Emergency Department for treatment of injury.

Bromley was issued a citation for failure to control speed.

The Center Fire Department and Shelby County Sheriff's Department assisted with traffic control and ambulance personnel in moving Bromley to the ambulance.

May 5, 2019 - The intersection of George Ihlo Drive and Payne Street was the scene of a two-vehicle crash Thursday, May 2, 2019.

According to Center Police Officer Chris King, at 1pm a red 2014 Ford Fusion driven by Rani Tomlin, 22, of Center was northbound on George Ihlo Drive. 

At that time a maroon 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 driven by Luis Martinez Hernandez, 37, of Center was eastbound on Payne Street when he failed to stop at the stop sign where the two roads intersect. 

Due to the failure to stop, the Dodge collided with the driver's side of the Ford causing damage. 

Tomlin was transported by ambulance to Nacogdoches Medical Center - Shelby Emergency Department for treatment of possible injuries.

Hernendez was issued citations for driving while license invalid and running a stop sign.

Both vehicles were towed from the scene.

May 5, 2019 - Tyson Foods, Inc., a Rogers, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 11,829,517 million pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip items were produced on various dates from Oct. 1, 2018 through March 8, 2019 and have “Use By Dates” of Oct. 1, 2019 through March 7, 2020. The chart contains a list of the products subject to recall.[View Labels (PDF only)]

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “P-7221” on the back of the product package. These items were shipped to retail and Department of Defense locations nationwide, for institutional use nationwide and to the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The problem was discovered when FSIS received two consumer complaints of extraneous material in the chicken strip products. FSIS is now aware of six complaints during this time frame involving similar pieces of metal with three alleging oral injury.

Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.

FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. When available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls.

Consumers with questions about the recall can contact Tyson Foods Consumer Relations at 1-866-886-8456. Members of the media with questions about the recall can contact Worth Sparkman, Public Relations Manager, Tyson Foods, Inc., at Worth.Sparkman@Tyson.com (479) 290-6358.

Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov or via smartphone at m.askkaren.gov. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day. The online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/reportproblem.