At approximately 4:45am Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers responded to an auto-pedestrian crash on Highway 87, near SH 62, in Orange County.
Initial reports indicate that a 2001 Dodge pickup truck was traveling northbound, in the right traffic lane, on Highway 87. A pedestrian was walking in the same traffic lane and was struck by the Dodge.
The pedestrian, 58-year-old Jesse Darrel Gregg of Orange, was pronounced deceased by Justice of the Peace Joy Dubose-Simonton at the scene.
The driver of the Dodge, a 64-year-old man from Vidor, was not injured in this crash.
All information is preliminary as Troopers continue to investigate this fatal crash.
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