UPDATE: Wreck involves disaster relief and debris collection vehicles
Published 4:36 pm Friday, October 6, 2017
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
At approximately 4 p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded to a multiple vehicle crash on Highway 62, near Tulane Road, in Orange County.
Preliminary reports indicate that a Ford F650 box truck was traveling northbound on Highway 62 in front of a Mack debris truck.
The driver of the Ford box truck pulled onto the shoulder of the roadway in order to make a u-turn. As the driver of the Ford box truck attempted to make an unsafe u-turn, his vehicle was struck by the Mack truck. The impact caused the Ford truck to rollover.
Initially, injuries were reported to DPS, but neither driver sustained any injuries in this crash.
The driver of the Ford, Julius Tucker of North Carolina, was issued a citation for turned when unsafe.
