Derrick Cane ID’d as Beaumont Man Killed in Orange Garbage Truck Crash on MLK
Orange, Texas (November 28, 2018) – The Beaumont man who was killed Monday afternoon in a traffic accident involving a sanitation truck in Orange has been identified as Derrick Doran Cane, 28, according to the police.
The deadly crash was reported a while before 4:30 p.m. November 26, in the 3300 block of MLK.
According to a preliminary report, an 18-year-old Orange woman was driving southbound when she rear-ended a sanitation truck for unknown reasons. The truck was stopped, and the Waste Management workers were picking up waste containers.
Police, firefighters and Acadian Ambulance responded to the scene.
Cane, who was one of the workers, was taken to CHRISTUS Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont where he succumbed to his injuries.
The truck driver and the other worker were uninjured in the crash.
The car driver was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.