Jonathan Doucet Killed, Robert Cargile Injured in Jefferson County Two-Vehicle Crash on West Port Arthur Road near Highland Drive
Jefferson County, Texas – One person was killed and two others were injured Wednesday morning in a head-on collision in Jefferson County, according to the Texas DPS.
The fatal crash happened around 8:30 a.m., May 8, on West Port Arthur Road near Highland Drive, just south of the Beaumont city limits.
DPS said a Volvo dump truck was traveling southbound while a GMC Yukon was traveling northbound. The GMC driver failed to travel in a single lane and crossed over into the southbound lane where he struck the dump truck head-on.
The GMC driver, 28-year-old Jonathan Doucet of Beaumont, was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The dump truck driver, Robert Cargile of Beaumont, was transported to a nearby hospital by a personal vehicle with non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
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