FORMER SOMERVILLE COACH KILLED IN ACCIDENT NORTH OF BRENHAM

  

A former Somerville teacher and coach was killed Monday evening in a collision with an 18-wheeler on Highway 36 North between Brenham and Somerville.

DPS reports that just after 5 p.m., a Chevy Equinox driven by 51-year-old Michael David Myers was driving northbound behind a 2019 Volvo pulling a trailer about six miles north of Brenham.

As the Volvo prepared to make a right turn, the Chevy crashed into the back of the trailer.

Myers was pronounced dead at the scene.  According to DPS, Myers was a teacher in Caldwell, but authorities did not say what school he taught at.

According to Somerville ISD officials, Myers worked in the district as a teacher and coach from August of 2005 through May of 2017.

The driver of the Volvo, 55-year-old Philip Harless from Quinlan, east of Dallas, was uninjured.