2-Year-Old Boy Killed, Terea McEachern Hospitalized after Jefferson County Two-Vehicle Crash on Texas 124 near Smith Road
Jefferson County, Texas (January 15, 2019) – A boy was killed and his grandmother was seriously injured Monday morning in a rear-end crash involving a dump truck in Jefferson County, according to a local news release.
The fatal crash occurred at about 6:45 a.m. January 14, on Texas 124 near Smith Road.
DPS said Terea McEachern, 60, of Beaumont, was driving a 2005 Toyota sedan when she rear-ended a dump truck which was stopped and was waiting to turn left into a driveway.
McEachern was taken to St. Elizabeth’s hospital with serious injuries. Her 2-year-old grandson, who was not properly secured in his car seat at the time of the crash, was transported to St. Elizabeth’s with critical injuries where he was declared dead.
The dump truck driver was uninjured in the crash.
The DPS is conducting the investigation.