“I COULD NOT SEE THE MOTORCYCLE COMING”!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, DPS SAYS JESSE ARCENEAUX PULLED A TRUCK OUT OF A PARKING LOT WHILE INTOXICATED… AND NOW FACES FELONY CHARGES AFTER A RIDER WAS KILLED ON HIGHWAY 96.
The fatal collision occurred Saturday night on Highway 96 in Jasper County.
According to DPS, the crash happened at approximately 11:24 p.m.
A motorcycle was traveling north along the roadway.
At the same time, the driver of a Ram 3500 exited an adjacent parking lot.
DPS reported that the pickup driver failed to yield to the oncoming motorcycle.
The motorcycle then struck the left side of the Ram.
The motorcycle rider, a 37-year-old Pineland man, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 37-year-old woman riding as his passenger sustained life-threatening injuries.
Emergency crews transported her to an area hospital.
Authorities have not released the identities of either victim on the motorcycle.
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But the driver of the Ram was not injured in the impact.
DPS identified the pickup driver as 41-year-old Jesse Arceneaux of Beaumont.
Following the crash investigation, DPS arrested Arceneaux on two felony counts.
He was transported and booked into the Jasper County Jail.
Arceneaux faces a charge of intoxication manslaughter.
He also faces a charge of intoxication assault.
The crash forced officials to shut down Highway 96 completely.
DPS troopers, Jasper County deputies, Lake Rayburn firefighters and other first responders worked the crash site.
And the highway reopened to traffic early Sunday morning.
DPS stated that the investigation remains ongoing.
The charges are allegations and have not been proven in court.
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