On Monday, December 9, 2019, at approximately 7:00 pm, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers responded to a report of a multiple vehicle crash on US 69, near Mitchell Road, in Hardin County. The crash involved several vehicles including a motorcycle.
The initial DPS crash report indicates that a 1999 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck was traveling southbound on US 69 when it was rear-ended by a 2005 Suzuki motorcycle.
The driver of the motorcycle, 22-year-old Ethan Wayne Woods of Vidor, was pronounced deceased by Justice of the Peace Melissa Minton at the scene.
The driver of the Toyota, 65-year-old Kalind Adams of Lumberton, was not injured in the crash.
All southbound traffic lane of US 69, near Mitchell Road, were closed for more than three (3) hours, but have since reopened.
After the initial crash, several additional crashes occurred in the same area of US 69.
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