56-Year-Old Pitkin Man Timothy Stuckey Injured in Orange County Crash Involving 2 Logging Trucks on State Highway 87

Orange County, Texas (December 20, 2017) – A collision Tuesday morning involving two logging trucks on State Highway 87 left one driver with injuries, DPS said.
The collision occurred at around 8 a.m., Tuesday, December 19, on State Highway 87 in Orange County.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers report, two commercial trucks, a 1992 Western Star was pulled over while facing south on State Highway 87 waiting to turn left onto Owens Illinois Road when it was hit from the back by a 1990 Freightliner which was stopping to also turn into Owens Illinois Road.
The driver of the Freightliner, identified as 56-year-old Timothy Stuckey, of Pitkin, Louisiana, was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont for treatment of injuries sustained in the wreck while James Downs, 49, of Deridder, Louisiana, the driver of the Western was unharmed in the crash, authorities said.
Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the collision.
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