About 8:30pm Saturday night Caney Creek Fire Department responded to a motorcycle crash on Calhoun Road in the Bennette Estates Subdivision off FM 1314. They arrived to find a motorcycle had left the road in a curve and traveled into a pasture. Both the male and female were in critical condition with head injuries. Both were transported to Conroe Regional Medical Center.
While the crash was working residents both coming into the subdivision or leaving were forced to sit in traffic. This included several 18-wheelers from the sand pit behind the subdivision. Caney Creek unit that responded was from the Lone Star Station, The Bennette Estates Station was blocked by the traffic and was on the opposite side of the crash scene.
For several years residents have voiced their opinions on the dangers of just one entrance and exit. Complaints also include the 18-wheelers and dump trucks running 24 hours a day through the neighborhood. Had there been a house fire or medical emergency in Bennette Estates, emergency equipment would not have been able to respond. Several times in the past a truck load of sand has rolled over in the curve or at one of the intersections. This closed the subdivision off to residents for hours.
