The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded to a one-vehicle crash early Thursday morning on FM 230, inside the city limits of Trinity.
The preliminary crash investigation indicates at approximately 2:20 a.m., 2002
Honda passenger car was traveling east at an unsafe speed. The vehicle drove off
the roadway to the right and struck a tree.
The driver is identified as Rex Shelby, 56, from Trinity. Shelby was transported to
a Huntsville hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
Additional information is not available at this time.
