At approximately 12:30p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety received a report of a two vehicle crash on Highway 87 near Canal Street in Orange County. The crash involved a truck tractor. A truck tractor loaded with timber was traveling southbound on Highway 87. A 2012 Toyota Camry was traveling southbound on Highway 87 behind the log truck. The driver of the log truck turned on his left turn signal and slowed down to make a left turn into the mill. The driver of the Toyota failed to control his speed and slammed into the back of the log truck. The driver of the Toyota, 63-year-old Joe McKinley of Orange, was transported by medical helicopter to St. Elizabeth hospital with serious head trauma. The driver of the log truck, 59-year-old Douglas Dyck of DeRidder, Louisiana, was not injured. Due to the crash, Highway 87 was closed for about 45 minutes but has since reopened.
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