ATHENS–Just 10 days after being honored along with his peers by Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse’s Life Saving Award, a county jail detention officer was killed in the early morning hours of March 26 in a single-vehicle crash on Farm to Market Road 317 near the Blackjack community.
Monitor Photo/Janice Grubbs Vincik
Flowers and crosses lie along the roadside of State Highway 198 north of Mabank in memory of Kemp High School student Maddison Dyer who passed away in a vehicle accident March 5.
Courtesy Photo/PSFR
The volunteers of Payne Springs Fire Rescue (PSFR) were alerted to a multiple vehicle collision on State Highway 198 just north of the bridge to Caney City July 30. Units arrived to find everyone out of the vehicles with only minor injuries. The third vehicle that was involved was unoccupied and was parked on the side of the road. PSFR Engine 1, Engine 2 and Squad 1 responded. Additional volunteers also handled a medical call in the district at the same time.
Courtesy Photo/Terrell Volunteer Fire Department
A truck driver was charged with multiple counts of manslaughter in a wreck that killed five people, shutting down both sides of Interstate 20 near Terrell June 28.
Courtesy Photos/Log Cabin Fire Department
