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TexasTowelie

(112,546 posts) Fri Apr 12, 2024, 05:32 PM Apr 12

1 dead after commercial vehicle crashes into Brenham, Texas DPS building - KXAN

The Texas Department of Public Safety reported one person died and others were seriously injured after a commercial motor vehicle crashed into a DPS office Friday.

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I'm a former resident of Brenham.

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1 dead after commercial vehicle crashes into Brenham, Texas DPS building - KXAN (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 12 OP

Thanks, I was monitoring some of the live coverage of that earlier today. tanyev Apr 12 #1

Seems like an unsafe distraction for the motorists wolfie001 Apr 12 #3

I read somewhere that it was done MOMFUDSKI Apr 12 #2

Brenham isn't bad little town, we vended at their quilt shows a couple of years. marble falls Apr 12 #4

We stayed there overnight for my daughter's college graduation because everything in College Station was full. LeftInTX Apr 12 #5

It also has a nice smaller liberal arts collage, Blinn, there. Nice restaurants and shops ... marble falls Apr 12 #6

So did my daughter, in some type of cellular nutrition degree. LeftInTX Apr 12 #7

I've been to their quilt show. I used to visit my uncle and aunt often before they died catrose Apr 13 #8

tanyev

(42,642 posts)

1. Thanks, I was monitoring some of the live coverage of that earlier today.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2024, 05:42 PM

Apr 12

I wish they’d held that press conference indoors somewhere.

wolfie001

(2,280 posts)

3. Seems like an unsafe distraction for the motorists

Reply to tanyev (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 12, 2024, 06:44 PM

Apr 12

I mean, a news gaggle like that next to a busy road/highway? WTF?

MOMFUDSKI

(5,731 posts)

2. I read somewhere that it was done

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2024, 06:00 PM

Apr 12

on purpose.

marble falls

(57,396 posts)

4. Brenham isn't bad little town, we vended at their quilt shows a couple of years.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2024, 08:10 PM

Apr 12

LeftInTX

(25,648 posts)

5. We stayed there overnight for my daughter's college graduation because everything in College Station was full.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 12, 2024, 09:09 PM

Apr 12

My in-laws found a place for cheap in College Station, but it was full of bed bugs and they had to sleep in the car.

marble falls

(57,396 posts)

6. It also has a nice smaller liberal arts collage, Blinn, there. Nice restaurants and shops ...

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 12, 2024, 09:17 PM

Apr 12

Not to brag, but my youngest graduated from A&M Summa Cum Laude in Anthropology.

LeftInTX

(25,648 posts)

7. So did my daughter, in some type of cellular nutrition degree.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 12, 2024, 09:35 PM

Apr 12

She became an Occupational Therapist.

catrose

(5,075 posts)

8. I've been to their quilt show. I used to visit my uncle and aunt often before they died