BEAUMONT, Texas — The identity of the driver killed in a Wednesday morning wreck along Interstate 10 in Jefferson County west of Beaumont, has been reveled.
The driver of a 2005 Chevrolet SUV headed west in the inside lanes of Interstate 10 died at the scene of the wreck just east of the FM365 exit according to a release from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The SUV made an "unsafe" lane change and stuck a 2014 Mack Truck tractor driven by a 45-year-old Georgia man.
The SUV then left the road, driving into a ditch, where it struck a guardrail and flipped, according to a preliminary investigation by troopers on the scene.
The driver of the SUV is identified as 74-year-old Herman Toney of Houston.
The wreck was reported to DPS at about 6:45 a.m.
Troopers are continuing to investigate the wreck.
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Read the original news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety...
Highway 10 west, just east of the Farm-to-Market Road 365 exit, that occurred this morning, August 3, 2022.
The preliminary investigation indicates that at approximately 6:45 a.m., a 2005 Chevrolet SUV was traveling west in the inside lane while a 2014 Mack truck tractor semi-trailer was traveling west in the outside lane. It is reported that the SUV changed lanes when unsafe and struck the truck tractor, at which point it then traveled into the ditch, struck a guardrail and overturned.
The driver of the SUV was pronounced deceased on scene by a Justice of the Peace. Their information is not immediately available pending notification of their next of kin.
The driver of the truck tractor, identified as a 45-year-old man from Lawrenceville, Ga., was not injured.
This is an ongoing investigation and there is no additional information available at this time.