NEWS
Bowie boy 9, rescued from high water
A nine-year-old Bowie boy is recovering in a Metroplex hospital following his rescue after he was swept under water into a storm drain during Wednesday afternoon’s rainfall.
Montague County was hit hard by Tropical Storm Bill with major flooding of roads and property across the county. Rainfall reports span 12.64 inches reported by the Nocona Fire Department and 9.35 inches recorded at the Nocona Water Plant, to 5.42 inches recorded in Bowie.
While there were multiple water rescues and accidents during the storm, the most serious occurred at Eldorado and Patterson Streets, where some children were playing outside.
Assistant Police Chief Kent Stagg said the 911 call of a child under water came in at 4:13 p.m. Wednesday. A creek runs through the property of the Grove at Brushy Creek Apartments.
Stagg said there is a storm drain that crosses by back entrance of the cemetery, which faces Eldorado.
“Colby Price, was outside playing with some friends,” explains the officer, “when he was swept off his feet into the drain.”
Colby is the son of Christy and Cody Price.
Josh Graham, apartment maintenance worker, and Chad Summers, pulled the boy out of the water and found him unconscious. Stagg said he was told they used cardio pulmonary resuscitation to revive him.
The ambulance arrived and transported him immediately to Bowie Memorial Hospital. Stagg said the boy was awake and gave him a wave. He was transported to Cook Children’s Hospital, where his mother reported he was doing well on Thursday morning.
Read more on Wednesday flooding in the weekend News. Pictured, the drainage ditch on Nelson Street at Patterson was filled to overflowing Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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.
The Department of Public Safety has provided information on an auto vs. motorcycle accident that reportedly occurred on July 4.
James Lee Hilton, Nocona, was driving a 2019 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Daniel Parra, Chico, was driving a 2018 Ford Fiesta. Both vehicles were north on State Highway 101 outside Sunset with the motorcycle behind the car.
Parra was attempting to turn left on Farm-to-Market Road 2265 when the motorcyclist attempted to unsafely pass to the left states the report. The bike struck the left side of the Fiesta. Both vehicles came to rest off the roadway on the northwest corner of SH 101 and FM 2265.
Hilton was transported to Denton Medical City with
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