LUMBERTON, Texas — A 60-year-old Kountze man was struck by a school bus Friday morning and taken to a Beaumont hospital.
Muryl Slaydon Jr., 60, of Kountze was riding a bicycle, outfitted with a flashing light, southbound on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 69 at about 6: 30 a.m. when he was struck by a Kountze Independent School District school bus according to a Texas Department of Public Safety news release.
The school bus, driven by Patrick Goff , 45, of Kountze, was headed east on Paula Drive and was reported to have failed to yield to Slaydon at a stop sign the release said.
Slaydon was taken to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont for treatment according to the DPS.
No details on Slaydon's condition were released.
The accident, which happened just north of Lumberton, is still under investigation and no other details were released by the DPS.
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News release from the Texas Department of Public Safety...
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers are investigating a crash involving a school bus and a bicycle on U.S. Highway 69 at Paula Drive, today, October 7, 2022.
The preliminary investigation indicates that at approximately 6:20 a.m., a 2020 Kountze ISD school bus was traveling east on Paula Drive, while a bicyclist, operating with a flashing light, was traveling south on the U.S. Highway 69 improved shoulder.
It is reported that the driver of the school bus failed to yield to the bicyclist at the stop sign and struck him.
The driver of the school bus, identified as 45-year-old Patrick Goff of Kountze, was not injured.
The bicyclist, identified as 60-year-old Muryl Slaydon Jr. of Kountze, was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital for treatment.
This is an ongoing investigation and there are no further details available at this time.
