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.
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.
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