On 2/15/16 at approximately 2:28 PM, Shelby County DPS Troopers were notified

of and responded to a two vehicle crash on FM 3154 approximately five and a half

miles East of San Augustine in San Augustine County. The preliminary crash

investigation indicates that a 1998 Dodge pickup was traveling northbound on FM

3154 and was pushing a Suzuki four wheeler ATV in an attempt to start the

vehicle. The dodge truck subsequently drove partially over the ATV and its driver.

The driver of the dodge truck was reportedly not injured and was identified as John

Dee Tanner (49) from San Augustine, TX. The driver of the Suzuki ATV was

identified as James Travis Jordan (20), also from San Augustine, TX. Jordan was

pronounced deceased at the scene by a San Augustine County Justice of the Peace.

This crash remains under investigation.