NEWS
DPS provides update on triple-fatality wreck
Officials with the Department of Public Safety provided an update on the three-fatality accident that occurred on March 5 at the Clay and Montague County line.
The crash occurred about 10:30 a.m. on State Highway 59 and Frog Hollar Road where the two counties converge.
Karen Lynette Scott, 49, Bowie, was driving a Jeep SUV north on Hwy. 59 and was the only occupant in her vehicle. The second vehicle, a 2018 Ford Expedition, was traveling south on Hwy. 59.
Scott and two passengers in the Ford, Clifford Brooks, 69, Stafford, and Jose Juan Garza, 44, Houston, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The DPS reports for unknown reasons the Jeep failed to drive in a single lane of traffic and entered the southbound lane of traffic in a curve. The Jeep struck the Expedition in the southbound lane.
Two people in the Expedition were transported from the scene with serious injuries. Driver Tom Nguyen, 54, Houston, was airlifted to a Denton hospital, while Juan Javier Flores Jr., 39, Houston, was transported by ambulance to Central Hospital of Bowie.
DPS Spokesman Dan Buesing said Thursday there were no updates on their condition.
The DPS continues to investigate this accident and reports weather was clear and road conditions were dry.
Family visitation for the Scott family was from 6 to 8 p.m. on March 8 at The White Family Funeral Home. There was no funeral service. See Mrs. Scott’s full obituary in the weekend Bowie News.
A Wednesday morning rollover on State Highway 59caused a vehicle to catch fire but had no injuries.
Montague County Public Information Officer Sgt. Aaron Randle said the call came in around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of SH 59 and Nobile Road. When Montague Volunteer Fire Department firefighters arrived, the 2008 Chevy pickup had rolled over and was fully enguled in flames. The17-year-old adult driver was out of the vehicle.
Brandle said the fire was under control at 8:06 a.m. Bowie Emergency Medical Services was also on the scene.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona has been nominated as a rural Opportunity Zone by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mayor Christopher Nunneley said they will begin “pitching” this federal tax angle to potential businesses.”
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Nunneley, Donna Culpepper, executive director for the Nocona Economic Development Corporation and Michelle Page of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce announced the nomination and offered a brief overview of the federal tax incentives that can become available.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Remember Sept. 11 2001, 25 years later
While history will remember Sept. 11, 2001 among the darkest days in America’s history, it also is a day marked not only by tremendous heroism and bravery by first responders, but also every day Americans from all walks of life who showed the world our country would not be intimidated by terrorism.
There were 2,996 people killed during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York city police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers. Tens of thousands more suffered in the aftermath due to exposure to chemicals and industrial debris.
The Bowie News editor asked some local lawmen, firefighters, a pilot and two retired FBI agents their memories of this tragic day and how their jobs were impacted by the events. We thank them for sharing their reflections.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
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