NEWS
Vehicle goes off overpass, crashes to service road
Two women were seriously injured when the Ford Escape they were driving plunged 151 feet off the overpass crashing into the service road below.
The accident occurred at 3:28 a.m. on Sept. 25 at the service road of U.S. 287 Southbound overpass. Bowie Police Officer C.R. Pelton investigated the accident.
Jautaunne Powell, 26, was driving the Escape, which was reportedly owned by a Garland man. Police report they have been unable to contact family members to obtain further information on where the two women are from or their medical condition.
The accident report states the vehicle was traveling southbound in the northbound traffic lanes on U.S. Hwy. 287 when it left the roadway and went into the median.
The vehicle went airborne according to witnesses going between the overpasses and plunged 151 feet to the paved service road below.
Pelton states the front end of the vehicle struck the pavement and then flipped in the air landing on its roof on a drainage ditch embankment, sliding to a stop just out of the ditch. Distance from the first impact to stop was approximately 75 feet said Pelton.
Powell was airlifted from the scene to John Peter Smith Hospital, where she was last reported to be in serious, but stable condition in the intensive care unit.
Her passenger, Samantha McDonald, 26, was airlifted to United Regional Hospital, but there is no information on her condition stated police.
Montague County Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. on Dec. 23.
The court will consider obligating $276,961.84 of American Rescue Plan funds to completing the new wastewater treatment plant that will serve the courthouse complex. Commissioners have been working on this project much of the year.
Montague County will apply to the Nortex Regional Planning Commission for a solid waste disposal grant to purchase a tire cutter for use by all four precincts.
Developers for Kingdom Estates Phase 2 subdivision will offer a plant for lots 6-10, 16.06 acres located in precinct two.
A cooperative agreement between Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and the county will be presented, along with a non-exclusive license and service agreement between Local Government Solutions and Justices of the Peace one and two.
Annual bonds for seven elected officials will be offered, along with the county attorney’s 2024 Chapter 59 Asset Forfeiture report.
Montague County has received a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist individuals with the purchase and installation of a residential storm shelter.
The shelter must be FEMA-approved and individuals must install and pay for the shelter. After installation and passing an inspection, the individual could be eligible for 50% reimbursement of the cost of the storm shelter up to a maximum $3,000 reimbursement.
The initial program allows for financial assistance for the installation of up to 100 storm shelters. Visit the Montague County website at co.montague.tx.us and click on “Safe Room Program,” and under quick links to see the qualifications and requirements for participation in the program.
There is no deadline to apply, but only 100 applicants will be accepted
It’s here, the first day of winter marked by the winter solstice at 4:21 a.m. on Dec. 21.
The winter solstice is the day with the fewest hours of sunlight throughout the year, making it the “shortest day” of the year. Thankfully, after the winter solstice the days begin to grow longer and longer again and until the summer solstice, the first day of summer and the longest day of the year
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