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.
National Weather Service has cancelled the tornado watch for tonight.
Montague County Emergency Management – Tornado Watch
Effective: 02:47 PM CST on 03/06/2026
Expires: 10:00 PM CST on 03/06/2026
Alert: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 15 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLIN, COOKE, DALLAS, DELTA, DENTON, FANNIN, GRAYSON, HOPKINS, HUNT, JACK, LAMAR, MONTAGUE, PALO PINTO, PARKER, ROCKWALL, STEPHENS, TARRANT, WISE, YOUNG, THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEN, ARLINGTON, BONHAM, BOWIE, BRECKENRIDGE, BRIAR, BRIDGEPORT, CARROLLTON, COMMERCE, COOPER, DALLAS, DECATUR, DENISON, DENTON, FLOWER MOUND, FORT WORTH, FRISCO, GAINESVILLE, GRAHAM, GREENVILLE, HEATH, JACKSBORO, LEWISVILLE, MCKINNEY, MINERAL WELLS, NOCONA, OLNEY, PARIS, PLANO, ROCKWALL, SHERMAN, SULPHUR SPRINGS, AND WEATHERFORD.
Target Area: Collin, TX; Cooke, TX; Dallas, TX; Delta, TX; Denton, TX; Fannin, TX; Grayson, TX; Hopkins, TX; Hunt, TX; Jack, TX; Lamar, TX; Montague, TX; Palo Pinto, TX; Parker, TX; Rockwall, TX; Stephens, TX; Tarrant, TX; Wise, TX; Young, TX
Heads up! Isolated to scattered storms will be possible this afternoon across parts of North Texas, especially along and north of I-20. Any storm that develops will have the potential to produce large hail, damaging wind gusts, and even tornadoes. Pay attention to the weather today!
Unsettled weather will continue across much of North and Central TX Saturday into Sunday as a cold front pushes into the region. A few strong to severe storms will be possible across Central TX on Saturday with locally heavy rainfall increasing the threat for flash flooding late Saturday morning into Saturday afternoon.
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