VIDOR — Troopers have identified the driver killed in a wreck along with a 2-year-old while attempting to help a stranded motorist along a an IH-10 service road in Orange County Monday afternoon.
The Texas Department of Public Safety was notified of a multi-vehicle wreck on the eastbound service road of IH-10 near FM 1135 at about 3:45p.m. according to a release from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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The driver of a Ford F-150 pick up truck, Pedro Jose Soza-Orozco, 46, of Groves, had pulled in front of a disabled Saturn passenger car and was out of the truck attempting to attach a tow chain to the Saturn according to the release.
While Soza-Orozco was attempting to attach the chain the Saturn was rear--ended by an eastbound Ford F-250 pickup truck, driven by Stevan Shonn Smith, 31, of Orange, the release said.
Soza-Orozco was struck and killed and a 2-year-old child in the Saturn was also killed in the wreck the release said.
Both Soza-Orozco and the child, who was in the rear-seat of the Saturn, were pronounced dead on the scene by Justice of the Peace Rodney Price.
The Saturn's driver, Steafan Horne Jr., 26, of Louisiana and another passenger in the Saturn were both transported to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont with serious injuries the release said.
The Ford F-250 flipped onto it's side and Smith and a passenger were both transported to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont with unknown injuries.
Troopers are continuing to investigate the wreck and will release the names of the deceased once family members have been notified.