On May 3, 2025, at 12:17 p.m., deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the area of South Terry Road and Concord Street, in Vidor. It had been reported an accident occurred while a group of people were operating ATVs near a canal.
Upon arrival, deputies were able to assist EMS in transporting an unresponsive, 20-year-old, male, to an ambulance to be transported to the hospital. Upon investigation of the scene, deputies observed a side-by-side halfway submerged in water in a nearby canal south of the roadway. It was later discovered the driver, a 21-year-old male, and passenger, a 21-year-old female, operating the side-by-side had been traveling westbound on the canal when the driver attempted to go around a hole in the ground and the side-by-side slipped into the canal on its right side. The victim jumped out of a side-by-side into the water to attempt to stop the side-by-side from falling into the canal.
While the victim was holding the side-by-side, the driver backed the side-by-side up. The side-by-side fell into the canal on top of the victim. The victim was pinned under the water for several minutes before being removed from underneath the side-by-side. The victim was pronounced deceased at the hospital.
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