NEWS
Fiery crash closes U.S. 287 at Bellevue Monday
A car-semi-truck accident on Monday shortly before noon caused a fire and shut down the highway for almost five hours.
Area emergency responders worked this auto-semi-truck wreck that occurred about 10:45 a.m. on Monday in Bellevue in the northbound side of U.S. Highway 287. Henrietta Volunteer Fire Department responded along with Bellevue, Vashti, Bowie Rural and City of Bowie Fire Departments.
Officials with the Department of Public Safety said the accident involved an 18-wheeler that was traveling southbound and a passenger vehicle that was northbound. DPS reported the passenger car drove into southbound traffic for unknown reasons and collided with the 18-wheeler hitting a diesel tank causing both vehicles to catch fire.
The car’s driver, was removed from the vehicle by a trooper and transported to John Peter Smith hospital in Fort Worth with nonlife-threatening injuries. The truck driver was transported to United Regional in Wichita Falls with serious injuries, but not believed to be life-threatening.
This semi-truck was hauling boxes of LEGOS. When the truck cab caught fire it spread into the trailer. Firefighters reported the cargo was difficult to extinguish due to it being plastic and all the cardboard boxes. Firefighters had to remove some of the cargo in order to extinguish the blaze. This section of the highway was closed until 4:30 p.m. There was one lane open on the southbound side alternating traffic to help with traffic flow.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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