Beaumont police are investigating a fatal crash involving an ATV and pickup truck on the Cardinal Drive service road at Erie Street on the south side of the city.

Sgt. Tom Swope says the driver of an ATV appeared to have failed to yield the right of way at the stop sign and entered the intersection, where the pickup truck crashed into the ATV.

A driver and passenger on the ATV were thrown to the ground.

One victim died at the scene. BPD identifies him as 40-year-old Coshma Roshad Thomas of Beaumont. Justice of the Peace Ben Collins Sr. ordered an autopsy.

The second was taken to CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Hospital with severe injuries and later flown to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston.

The driver of the pickup suffered minor injuries.

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