NEWS
One accident leads to two others Friday afternoon
One accident led to another and then another Friday afternoon that caused a major traffic stop on U.S. 287 near the State Highway 59 overpass.
The series of events began about 2:52 p.m. on Feb. 2 after an initial call out of a vehicle that had gone off into the median and lots of stuff had come out of the vehicle onto the highway. that vehicle’s driver was able to put onto the shoulder and was uninjured; however, the traffic coming up onto the scene had some issues.
The next incident involved a Volvo tractor trailer that was pulling another large truck for C1 Transportation of Illinois. The driver, Mircea A. Chira was slowing to stop for the wreck ahead of him, but another truck also pulling a truck reportedly failed to control its speed and struck the truck being pulled by unit one.
Unit three, driven by Arturo Felipe Samavieto, was a white Freightliner that was pulling another Freightliner for DES Express out of Dallas. When he struck unit two that was being pulled he lost control and flipped on its side. Samavieto was taken to Bowie Emergency Room by Bowie EMS.
Another accident occurred a short time later as Jeri Lee Robbins, 63, driving a Chevy Traverse was traveling north on U.S. 287. She was slowing as she approached the traffic stoppage for the other accidents. Salvador Guerrero Beltran, was driving a red Freightliner tractor trailer in the same direction and he began to slow down fast based on the police report causing the truck to slide sideways and strike the car.
In all these incident only one person received injuries. Traffic was stalled for about two hours as the roadway was cleared.
Bowie fire and police emergency personnel responded to this structure fire call around 10:30 a.m. Friday morning. No details were available at this time on a possible cause, possibly from trash inside the station or inside a vehicle. (News photo by Barbara Green)
Gregory Bell, 58, Saint Jo, was found guilty of the murder of Tia Hutson, 50, also of Saint Jo after less than an hour of jury deliberation Thursday afternoon.
She was found beaten and raped in her home in August 2022 and six days later never regaining consciousness. The jury also deliberated Bell’s sentence giving him the maximum life in prison and a $10,000 find. It took them less than half an hour to make the decision. A deadly finding also determined a large flashlight was used as a deadly weapon.
As the jury left the courtroom some members were seen hugging Trevor Riley, Tia Hutson’s who had given a powerful victim’s statement to the court.
Staff and volunteers at the Bowie Mission continue to be plagued by people who dump their unwanted furniture and other items at their gates and doors. Despite having signs stating this is illegal and that there are surveillance cameras on scene, dumpers don’t seem to be phased.
This past week several large pieces of furniture were dumped right in front of the gate where the trailer used to go pick up food bank items is stored. Cynthia Brewer, director said most of the volunteers are older and it is difficult to get these large items moved out of the way. She is at her wit’s end trying to get people to stop dumping and while she hesitates to file police charges the situation is getting untenable as people continue to violate the policy.
Anyone who observes illegal dumping at the mission is urged to call the police 872-2251.
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