Fiery Trucking Accident in Seven Oaks, SEVEN OAKS, August 4, 2008 - At approximately 6:30 am a tanker truck was north-bound on 59 in the right lane in Seven Oaks and slowed down to turn into the Exxon on the right side of the highway. When the tanker truck slowed down an oncoming 18 wheeler with Penske Leasing coming from Harlingen and hauling radio and auto electronics was coming too fast and could not slow down in time and clipped the back of the tanker. The tanker was not full and only had residual "cut oil" inside, and pulled over to the right of the highway and parked in a parking lot. The truck hauling the electronics came to a rest in the median in the center of the highway and caught fire. Within minutes, the tractor trailer was completely engulfed in flames. The driver, Jesus Gomez, and his passenger were able to get out of the truck. Both had serious injuries. The driver of the tanker was physically okay. Volunteer firemen from Livingston, Scenic Loop, Corrigan, and Onalaska fire departments arrived to put out the raging inferno. All traffic on both sides of 59 was blocked as the scene was being investigated and cleared. The cab of the truck was burned down to nothing more than the frame and the engine. Debris from the burning truck was scattered all around the chaotic scene. The tanker truck sustained heavy rear-end damage. Two Americare Ambulances were at the scene treating the two men who were occupants of the tractor trailer. Gomez was life-flighted from the scene by a P.H.I. Medical helicopter to Hermann Hospital in Houston, while his passenger was transported by ambulance to Livingston Memorial Hospital. Heavy construction equipment was brought in by TxDOT to clear the wreckage. News clips provided by polkcountytoday.com |     |
Morning Fire Destroys Seven Oaks Home, SEVEN OAKS, April 17, 2008 - During the 10 o'clock hour of Thursday morning, April 17th, 2008, a fire destroyed a home that was located off of Highway 59 North in Seven Oaks. The home was a mobile home owned by Ruthie Ford of Seven Oaks. The home was a total loss. 1 pumper truck and 2 tankers from Livingston Volunteer Fire Department and 3 trucks from Corrigan Volunteer Fire Department and a host of volunteer firemen were dispatched to the scene to put out the blaze. Sadly, Mrs. Ford had no insurance. News clips provided by polkcountytoday.com
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Vehicle Rolls Multiple Times, Alcohol Suspected, 2 Life Flighted, MOSCOW, July 29, 2009 - According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, at approximately 9:30 pm on July 29, 2009, a green 1998 Chevy Blazer driven by Melanie Kay Steuart, 38, of Corrigan was south-bound on US-59 in Moscow when her vehicle left the road to the left, into the grassy median and rolled multiple times. Steuart's vehicle came to rest upright facing north on the north-bound side of 59 on the shoulder. Corrigan Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the scene along with Americare Ambulance Service, Corrigan Police Department and DPS Trooper Darwon Evans. Steuart and her passenger, Jennifer Faber, 35, also of Corrigan, were reportedly trapped in their vehicle. Steuart and Faber were carefully removed from their vehicle and treated at the scene by EMS personnel. Both were driven to Livingston Memorial Hospital and Life Flighted from there to Hermann Hospital in Houston. The left lane of traffic was blocked on the north-bound side of 59 as the accident was being investigated and cleared. According to Trooper Evans, alcohol is suspected and there was the smell of alcohol in the vehicle. Steuart possibly faces citations for failure to maintain a single marked lane, and possibly driving while intoxicated. Steuart did have insurance. A rollback wrecker from Clifton Chevrolet in Corrigan recovered the totaled Chevy. The scene was cleared by 10:35 pm. News clips provided by polkcountytoday.com |    |
