Texas Man Who Slammed Truck Into Building, Killing One, Faces Multiple Charges

Published on April 16, 2024

The man who drove an 18-wheel truck with a loaded flatbed into a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) building last week, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others, faces multiple charges and a $2 million bond, jail records showed on Monday. Clenard Parker, 42, is charged with evading arrest, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to the inmate roster of the Washington County Jail in Brenham, Texas, where Parker is currently held. A county judge in neighboring Montgomery County said in a Facebook post on Friday that Parker committed the act intentionally, after he was denied a commercial driver’s license at that DPS office the day before....

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