April 1, 2026 - State Highway 7 West at the intersection of SL 500 was the scene of a two-vehicle crash incident involving a tractor and a box van on Friday, March 27, 2026, at around 6:30am.
When emergency personnel arrived, both vehicles involved were located on the westbound shoulder of the highway.
The front of the van had considerable damage to its front after it appeared it collided with the rear of a trailer filled with herbicide that the tractor involved was hauling.
EMS personnel transported the driver of the box van from the scene to Shelby Emergency Department for treatment of possible injury.
It did not appear that anyone in the tractor was injured; the trailer however, the contents of the trailer was emptying quickly as a result of damage from the collision.
Center Fire Department, Shelby County Sheriff’s Department, Center Police Department, and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) personnel responded to the location to assist those involved in the incident.
Updated information: According to Texas DPS State Trooper Dustin Ramos, at 6:45am a red 2022 Massey Ferguson tractor driven by Ty Wright, 20, of Center was westbound towing a spray trailer in the outside lane when a white 2022 Chevrolet delivery van owned by Courtesy Chevrolet out of Shreveport and driven by Toal Bruce, 46, of Shreveport approached from behind the tractor in the outside lane when Bruce failed to control speed and struck the trailer causing damage.
During investigation, it was determined the tractor was not operating with its hazard lights activated as required under 547.371 Texas Transportation Code - Operation on the roadway, but was operating with headlights and tail lamps along with a white light on the cab. Upon inspection of the spray trailer, it was determined to have reflective slow moving emblem as required for daytime hours and the official sunrise on the day of the incident was 7:11am.
Additional citation details were not available at the time of this report.
Trooper Ramos was assisted at the scene by DPS Sgt. Micah Rucker.
