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US 69
July 15, investigators were called to the scene of a hit-and-run crash that resulted in a man’s death. According to information from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), troopers are investigating a hit-and-run fatality that occurred in Hardin County about two miles south of Kountze on US 69.
Preliminary information indicates investigators were called to the scene at approximately 3 a.m. and found a pedestrian, identified as Antonio Thomas, 51, from Silsbee, lying in the southbound lane. Thomas was pronounced deceased at the scene by Judge T.J. Hall of Hardin County.
The incident remains under investigation. Troopers are asking anyone with information about this incident to call the Texas Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Communications facility in Lufkin at (936) 699-7340.