At approximately 10:00a.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) received a report of a multiple vehicle crash on FM 2802 (Texla Road) in Orange County. The crash is North of Vidor.
Preliminary reports indicate that a 2017 Chevrolet pickup truck was traveling westbound on FM 2802. The driver of the Chevrolet slowed to make a left turn into a private driveway when the vehicle was rear-ended by a 2004 Suzuki motorcycle.
The driver of the motorcycle, a 30-year-old man from Vidor, was pronounced deceased by Justice of the Peace Derry Dunn at the scene. His identity will not be released until next of kin has been identified.
The driver of the Chevrolet, a 39-year-old man from Orange, was not injured.
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