BIG SANDY, TX. (THECOUNT) — James Samuel Cabaniss has been identified as the Winona, Texas man killed in a Tuesday night single-vehicle crash, according to Wednesday morning reports.
Cabaniss, 57, died following a Tuesday evening crash that DPS investigators say occurred after 7 p.m. on River Road near Big Sandy in Upshur County.
Cabaniss was operating a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed when he crashed in a left-hand curve in the roadway. The vehicle then crossed centerlines and exited the roadway. The vehicle came to a rest after coming into contact with a group of trees.
Cabaniss was not wearing a seatbelt, reports EastTexasMatters.
He was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma.
The crash remains under investigation.
Geo quick facts: Big Sandy is a town in Upshur County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town’s population was 1,343. A lake of the same name is cut nearly in half by U.S. Highway 80, the main thoroughfare of Big Sandy. It lies directly west of the larger cities of Gladewater and Longview – Wikipedia.
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