On Nov. 18, at approximately 4 p.m., Howe Officer David Morris viewed the driver of a black Dodge truck commit a traffic violation on U.S. Highway 75. Officer Morris activated his patrol unit’s overhead lights and sirens to signal the driver to stop, but the driver exited the highway, ignored a stop sign and sped through the city of Howe at a high rate of speed. Sergeant Michael Hill also observed the driver commit multiple traffic violations and he and Morris followed the Dodge truck out of the city and into the county. Multiple law enforcement agencies from throughout Grayson County became involved in the search for the truck, which was later located at a residence outside of Tom Bean. Howe officers are investigating the incident.
As witnessed by the editor of the Howe Enterprise, the driver of the black truck jumped Highway 5 heading east on Haning Street with no regard for the children who had just been released from school.
A Howe I.S.D. bus driver on Enloe Road may have saved the life of a young student with his quick thinking of seeing the pursuit and quickly shutting the door and keeping the child from exiting the bus.
