A one vehicle accident Thursday on Port Arthur’s Pleasure Island claimed the life of an Orange County woman. Police were called to the scene around 2pm after a vehicle was spotted on fire.
Port Arthur Police believe that Betty Baham, 82, of Orange, may have had a medical emergency as she drove into some weeds after possibly trying to turn around in the road. The heat from under the car caught the tall weeds on fire which then spread to the vehicle.
Baham was a longtime educator with the West Orange Cove school district.
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