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When the Conroe Fire Chief was tasked with getting the city a new radio tower he tapped two pros. Mr. McGuire with the city of Conroe and Justin Evans with the Montgomery County Hospital District. Together the new tower is complete and will be operational very soon.

Two victims were trapped in a pickup truck on Tejas Drive shortly before midnight tonight. The truck came around a curve, skid sideway striking a power pole with the passenger door. When Lake Conroe Fire Department arrived they found live power lines over the truck. Unable to gain access due to the live electricity they, MCHD and officers were forced to wait until Mid South Electric arrived on the scene to cut the power. Once the power was cut the real work began with the firefighters. Just about every tool on the truck was used to free the male and female victims from the vehicle. Over all it was almost one hour before they wre completely out of the vehicle. Most of the time was due to the power but firefighters were met with a real challenge to pry and cut the victims free. Due to fog moving into the area Phi Air Medical and Lifeflight were both unable to fly. The female was taken in critical condition to Herman Hospital at the Medical Center Her male companion was taken to

ACCORDING TO DPS TROOPER ERIC LOPEZ THE VOLKSWAGEN JETTA DRIVEN BY GARY SPRATLEY, AGE 41 OF BAYTOWN WAS SOUTH ON FM1314 IN THE CONSTRUCTION AREA. SPRATLEY CROSSED THE MIDDLE LINE FOR UNKNOWN REASONS STRIKING THOMAS HOSLER AGE 40 WHO WAS DRIVING A CITH OF HUMBLE WATER DEPARTMENT TRUCK. HOSLER WAS TRANSPORTED TO HERMAN WOODLANDS BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT. HIS INJURIES WERE NON-LIFE THREATENING. SPRATLEY WAS ENTRAPPED AND PORTER WITH THE HELP OF NEW CANEY FIRE DEPARTMENT FREED HIM. SPRATLEY WAS TRANSPORTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION TO HERMAN HOSPITAL BY LIFEFLIGHT WITH A HEAD INJURY. HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT. FM 1314 WAS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS AS DPS WORKED THE SCENE WITH THE HELP ON MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

DPS IS INVESTIGATING A FATAL ACCIDENT AT E. WILLIAMS AND S. WILLIAMS IN FAR NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. DETAILS SHORTLY

JUST AFTER 11PM A MEMBER OF THE BENNETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DRIVING DOWN OLD HOUSTON ROAD NEAR PAYNE ROAD. THIS IS ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF SH242 WHEN HE FOUND AN INJURED WOMAN WANDERING ITN THE ROADWAY. HE STOPPED AND CALLED FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT TO RESPOND. THE WOMAN WHO WAS INJURED WAS UNSURE IF SHE HAD A PASSENGER IN THE HONDA MINI VAN WITH HER. FIREFIGHTERS DETERMINED SHE LEFT THE ROADWAY AFTER TRAVELING NORTH ON OLD HOUSTON ROAD STRIKING A DRIVEWAY CULVERT. SHE CONTINUED ALMOST ONE HUNDRED YARDS INTO THE TREELINE. NEIHBORS SAID THEY HEARD A LOUD BANG ABOUT ONE HOUR EARLIER, ALONG THE ROUTE OF HER DAMAGED VEHICLE DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED. WHAT WORRIED FIREFIGHTERS WAS THE AMOUNT OF BABY CLOTHES, THROWN OUT OF THE VEHICLE ALONG WITH A STROLLER. INSIDE THEY FOUND A CHILD SAFETY SEAT. AT THIS POINT BENNETTE REQUESTED THE ASSISTANCE OF GRANGERLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA, ADDITIONAL LIGHTING AND MANPOWER. FOR OVER AN HOUR FIREFIGHTERS AND TROOPERS WALKED THROUGH THE HEAVILY WOODED AREA LOOKING FOR A CHILD. EMC WRECKER WAS CALLED IN TO LIFT THE VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE A VICTIM WASN'T UNDER IT EITHER. NO ADDITIONAL VICTIMS WERE FOUND AND THE FEMALE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED BY MCHD MEDIC 41 TO KINGWOOD HOSPITAL IN STABLE CONDITION.

SHORTLY BEFORE 6AM THS MORNING GRANGERLAND, AND NEW CANEY FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO A REPORTED HOUSE FIRE ON TOWER WOOD DRIVE IN EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THE REPORT CAME IN AS VICTIMS TRAPPED. ON ARRIVAL THE WOOD STRUCTURE HOME HAD HEAVY FIRE COMING OUT THE NORTH WALL AND A SECOND ALARM WAS CALLED FOR. NEEDHAM, BENNETTE, PORTER, SPLENDORA, FIRE DEPARTMENTS. AN AGGRESSIVE INTERIOR ATTACK WAS MADE AS THE SEARCH FOR VICTIMS STARTED. NO VICTIMS WERE FOUND IN THE HOME. THE TWO CHILDREN 5 AND 7 HAD SAFELY GOTTEN OUT AND GONE TO A NEIGHBORS. ANOTHER RESIDENT WAS ALREADY OUT BUT FEARED THE FEMALE VICTIM WAS STILL INSIDE. APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MINUTES LATER A MALE BURN VICTIM WAS FOUND IN A MOTORHOME ON THE PROPERTY BUT REFUSED TRANSPORT TO HERMAN HOSPITAL WITH EMS AFTER HE HAD ALREADY BEEN TREATEDAND WAS ENROUTE THERE. LATE IN THE MORNING THE FEMALE WHO WAS FEARED TO HAVE BEEN IN THE HOUSE DROVE UP. AS FIRE FIGHTERS WERE WORKING THE FIRE ONE OF THE DEPUTIES IDENTIFIED A STOLEN FOUR WHEELER AND NOTIFIED AUTO THEFT. MONTGOMERY COUNTY SIU WAS ALSO NOTIFIED AS NEIGHBORS REPORTED DRUG ACTIVITY AROUND THE RESIDENCE. THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY FIRE MARSHALLS OFFICE BELIEVE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE TO BE A SPACE HEATER.

SHORTLY AFTER 4PM SUNDAY CUT AND SHOOT FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DISPATCHED TO A MAJOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT SH105 NEAR CROCKET MARTIN. ON ARRIVAL THEY FOUND PICKUP TRUCK OVERTURNED ON THE BRIDGE WITH THE FRONT DOOR OF THE PONTIAC GRAND AM HE HIT IMPAILED INTO HIS FRONT GRILLE. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS UP AND WALKING AROUND. THE VICTIMS IN THE GRAND AM WEREN'T AS LUCKY. THE DRIVER WAS SEVERLY INJURED AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO HERMAN HOSPITAL BY LIFEFLIGHT. THE BABY THAT WAS SITTING IN THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT WAS JUST INCHES AWAY FROM BEING MORE SERIOUSLY INJURED. WHEN THE TOYOTA TACOMA STRUCK THE GRAND AM NOT ONLY DID IT TAKE OFF THE FRONT DOOR BUT IT ALSO PEELED THE REAR DOOR UP CAUSING IT TO GO THROUGH THE BACK GLASS AND STOP JUST INCHES FROM THE CHILDS HEAD. ACCORDING TO TROOPER PERKINS FATIGUE WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT CAUSING THE DRIVER WHO WAS EAST ON 105 TO CROSS THE CENTER LINE AND STRIKE THE GRAND AM BEFORE FLIPPING.