By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One person died Sunday morning when the pickup truck he was driving crashed into one of the oldest buildings on the courthouse square in Montague.
The incident occurred shortly before 9 a.m. on Aug. 19 on the southwest corner of the square at the corner of State Highway 59 and Franklin Street. This building, constructed in 1884, has been home to a bank, a grocery store, the phone company and a restaurant.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the white pickup truck was traveling south on State Highway 175 when the driver ran through the State Highway 59 intersection and drove past the courthouse crashing into the front of the building coming to rest just a few feet inside the structure. As of Tuesday there was still no identity of the driver released.
A large section of the building running all the way to the top of the roof collapsed in on the vehicle as stone and debris covered it and flames shot out the front.

The Texas Department of Transportation has put up detour signs on the area blocked off next to the building, and officials said they may install a one-way detour with a signal late Tuesday, but it could be done on Wednesday. Drivers should exercise caution in this area.

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