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.
Several personnel issues including the superintendent’s summative evaluation and filling the vacant intermediate principal position face the Bowie School Trustees when they meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The superintendent’s review is usually done in two parts during the year with the summative an effort to evaluate overall progress. Donna Hale’s contract also will be considered. as she marks her first year leading the district.
For the intermediate principal’s job, Jason Childress left the post last month taking the new formed director of student services, which will handle many of the tasks the assistant superintendent handled such as curriculum and test scores. That assistant position was eliminated by the board after Lee Ann Farris left the job. Childress’ resignation has been submitted.
Filling the principal’s job and consideration of a rental agreement for a portion of the bus parking lot property also are set for executive session. Any action all these topics will be considered back in open session.
On the regular agenda, the board will receive the 2025 fiscal audit for Jack County. A small portion of the district runs into that county.
The superintendent will provide operational reports and personnel updates. Childress will present the preliminary STAAR scores and the status of board goals, while Paula Peterson, finance director, gives the monthly financial report.
Numerous annual items will be up for action: Contract for cafeteria software; budget amendments; consider the ESSA application, the Montague and Jack County Tax Appraisal District budgets; library books for the elementary; ESC 9 contracts and a Texas Association of School Boards policy updates.
The board also will consider offering open enrollment for pre-kindergarten students for the next school year.
Six Montague County volunteer fire department have received grants from the Texas A&M Forest Service.
The service recently approved $29.3 million in funding for grants to through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program.
In the fourth funding round of the year, the program awarded 531 grants addressing volunteer fire department requests for personal protective equipment, slip-on units, fire and rescue equipment, water tenders, small brush trucks and training aids.
Nocona Hills Volunteer Fire Department received a $300,000 grant for a water tender vehicle. Montague and Sunset VFDs each received $45,000 for a slip-on unit, and the Nocona rural, Nocona city and Saint Jo VFDs each received $25,000 for fire and rescue equipment.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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