PORT ARTHUR, Texas — A 63-year-old Beaumont man was identified as the person killed in an early morning wreck in Port Arthur Sunday.
Bruce Wayne Jennings was driving a 2006 Ford pickup when the crash happened on 365 according to a Port Arthur Police Department news release. Jennings was the only person inside the pickup when it collided with a 2018 Dodge Ram pickup truck, officials said in the Monday morning release.
The driver of the Dodge pickup was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive. There were no other people inside that vehicle.
The wreck happened around 4 a.m. on 365 near Jade Avenue in the Port Acres area. Jennings had already died when police made it to the scene according to the release.
The Port Arthur Police Department Advanced Accident Reconstruction Unit and the Criminal Investigations Division are working right now to find out what caused the fatal collision.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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From a Port Arthur Police Department news release:
On Sunday, 02-27-2022 at approximately 3:54 am, the Port Arthur Police Department responded to the 2700 Blk of W-Hwy 365 in reference to a major traffic accident involving two vehicles. Upon arrival to this location officers found the driver of a 2006 Ford P.U to be deceased.
This subject was identified as Bruce Wayne Jennings M/WHT 63 Y.O.A. Mr. Jennings was a resident of Beaumont TX. The second vehicle involved in this accident was a 2018 Dodge Ram P.U. The driver of this vehicle received non-life threatening injuries. There were no passengers within either of these vehicles. The cause of this accident is currently under investigation by the Port Arthur Police Departments Advanced Accident Reconstruction Unit along with the Criminal Investigations Division