Bicyclist Hit by Pickup off Interstate 10 Monday
A 50-year-old bicyclist was serious injured Monday evening when he was hit by a pickup truck on the Interstate 10 access road near Happy Home Drive. Orange police report the bicyclist’s injuries are incapacitating, but not considered life-threatening.
Police said Raymond Smith was on the bicycle on the outside lane of the north side access road about 7:30 p.m. He was hit by a GMC Sierra C3500 pickup driven by 84-year-old Rucie Odom of Orange. According to the report, Odom was given a citation for failure to yield right of way.
Smith was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, police report.
Two teenagers sustained minor injuries Friday morning when their car was hit by a pickup truck on FM 1130 at the intersection with FM 1078. Orange police report the teens’ car veered off the road, crossed a ditch and ended in the front yard of a house.
Police said 17-year-old Octavia Weimer was driving a Mazda 3S westbound on FM 1130 about 8:50 a.m. Friday. A Chevrolet Silverado driven by 46-year-old Jimmy Block Jr. was traveling northbound on FM 1078.
Police said the pickup had a stop sign and pulled out in front of the Mazda. Weimer and her passenger, 18-year-old Joshua Dunn, had minor injuries and refused medical treatment at the scene, according to the report.
Block was not injured. Police report he was given a citation for failure to yield right-of-way.
A burglar alarm likely scared away someone from breaking into a house on Bear Trails Sunday evening. Orange police report a patrol officer went to the house at 7:52 p.m. because of an alarm. The officer found a broken glass door in the back of the house, but nothing was reported missing.
On Friday morning, a resident in the 400 block of West Cypress Avenue reported a new pistol was stolen. Orange police report the owner suspects a woman he knows took the gun.
The man called police at 11:22 a.m. Friday. According to the police report, the man locked the house and went to visit his next-door neighbor. He saw a white Chevrolet sedan parked in front of his house, but did not see anyone in the car or around his property.
When the man returned home, he saw his front door open. He had left with the house locked. After going inside, he discovered that a .32 caliber Arminius long revolver was missing. Police report the man had bought the pistol two days earlier for $190. The gun was in a black, glove-like case.
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