VICTIM IDENTIFIED IN FATAL BRAZOS RIVER BRIDGE CRASH

  

A 27-year old Navasota man has been identified as the victim of a fatal head-on crash at the Grimes/Washington County lines.

The accident occurred shortly after midnight Sunday on the Grimes Co. side of the Brazos River on Highway 105.

27-year old Jaquell Jessie of Navasota, driving a Cadillac sedan, collided with a Dodge Ram 3500 and burst into flames.

Passersby pulled Jessie from the burning car, but he was dead before first responders arrived.

The occupants of the truck, a 20-year old woman and her 16-year old brother, were taken to separate hospitals.

One was flown to St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan and is in critical condition. The other was taken to Baylor Scott and White in College Station.

Highway 105 was shut down for several hours.