SILSBEE, Texas — Trial began Tuesday for a 60-year-old Buna man charged with intoxication manslaughter after fatal car accident June 2021.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above originally aired June 15, 2021.)
Stephen Dudley Morgan was arrested on June 15, 2021 in Tyler County on a manslaughter warrant. Police said Morgan hit a guardrail on Highway 96 just south of Silsbee on June 2, 2021
The crash led to the death of 80-year-old Jerry Harris Pommier. Pommier was a passenger in Morgan's vehicle. Pommier later died at the hospital.
The trial is taking place in the 356th District Court before Judge Steve Thomas.
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