The motive force of a car that crashed right into a pipeline valve and sparked a four-day fireplace that pressured the evacuation of close by neighborhoods in a Houston suburb was a neighborhood 51-year-old man, in line with police.
Stays discovered within the SUV following the fireplace are these of Jonathan McEvoy of Deer Park, in line with an announcement Monday night time from Deer Park Police Lt. Chris Brown.
The reason for McEvoy’s loss of life and why the car he was driving went by means of a fence alongside a Walmart car parking zone and struck the above-ground valve remained below investigation, Brown stated Tuesday.
“We’re nonetheless gathering info … however I do not know that we’ll ever have a precise dedication” of the trigger, Brown stated.
Power Switch, the Dallas-based firm that owns the pipeline, known as the crash an accident and preliminary investigations by police and FBI brokers discovered no proof of a coordinated or terrorist assault.
McEvoy’s former spouse, Delma McEvoy, and son, Jonathan McEvoy Jr. advised KPRC-TV that McEvoy had not too long ago skilled seizures and imagine that led to the crash.
Neither Delma McEvoy nor Jonathan McEvoy Jr. instantly returned cellphone calls to The Related Press on Tuesday.
Following the Sept. 16 crash, the fireplace burned for 4 days because it was allowed to burn itself out, forcing close by residents to flee the extraordinary warmth, which partially melted autos and mailboxes.
McEvoy’s stays weren’t recovered till after the fireplace went out because the SUV remained close to the valve.
