SHELBY COUNTY – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded to
a two-vehicle crash on 7-27-19 on US 59 involving a commercial motor
vehicle, about one and a half miles north of Timpson. 

The preliminary crash investigation indicates at approximately 11:45 a.m., a 2008
Ford passenger car was traveling north in the outside lane. A 2016 Volvo truck
tractor semi-trailer was also traveling north in the outside lane and failed to control
speed and struck the Ford from behind.

The driver of the Ford is identified as 62-year-old Yolanda Enene from Houston.
Enene was pronounced deceased on the scene by a Shelby County Justice of the
Peace. A passenger traveling with Enene was also pronounced deceased at the
scene and is identified as 80-year-old Joyce Bryan, also from Houston.
The driver of the truck tractor is identified as 28-year-old Yakul Soni from Ontario
Canada. Soni was not injured during the crash.

This crash remains under investigation. No additional information is available at
this time.