ORANGE COUNTY – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers investigated a fatal crash on Farm-to-Market Road 105, north of Ponderosa Street, that occurred Friday, January 24, 2024.
The preliminary crash investigation indicates that at approximately 10:15 p.m., a 2008 Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling north, reportedly at an unsafe speed, which caused the rider to lose control and skid into the oncoming lane, where it was struck by GMC pickup traveling south.
The rider of the motorcycle was pronounced deceased on scene by a Justice of the Peace. They’re identified as 20-year-old Sheldon Withrow of Lumberton.
The driver of the GMC, identified as 18-year-old Kaiden James of Orange, was not injured.
This is an ongoing investigation.
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