At approximately 3:00a.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded to a one vehicle crash on Interstate 10 in Orange County. The crash occurred near mile marker 870 and involved a motorcycle.
Preliminary reports indicate that a 2001 Yamaha motorcycle was traveling eastbound on Interstate 10. For an unknown reason, the driver lost control striking some barrels and was ejected off the motorcycle.
The driver, a 37-year-old male from Beaumont, Layne Floria, 37, was pronounced deceased by Justice of the Peace Stagner at the crash scene.
All eastbound traffic lanes of Interstate 10 were closed for about an hour, but have since reopened.
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