{"id":760186,"date":"2026-04-29T01:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/760186\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T01:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:01:19","slug":"husband-of-reserve-deputy-constable-killed-in-i-10-crash-files-lawsuit-against-trucking-company-houston-contractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/760186\/","title":{"rendered":"Husband of reserve deputy constable killed in I-10 crash files lawsuit against trucking company, Houston contractor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 A lawsuit has been filed against a Friendswood trucking company and a Houston contractor after a Jefferson County reserve constable deputy was killed in a crash involving an 18-wheeler on I-10 in Chambers County.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The crash happened on Friday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Reserve Deputy Heather Avery was helping manage traffic along the interstate in the Winnie area when her vehicle was struck by an 18-wheeler. Avery died in the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On Monday, a lawsuit was filed by Brent Coon &amp; Associates on behalf of Avery\u2019s husband, Troy Stutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The lawsuit alleges the driver of an industrial 18-wheeler owned by SWI industries of Friendswood plowed into her vehicle in a construction zone. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">It is alleged in the lawsuit that the driver was completely inattentive when entering the construction zone, traveling at an excess rate of speed and failed to recognize that Avery\u2019s vehicle was even there, in spite of the red and blue lights flashing on the car. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The lawsuit also claims that the highway contractor, Williams Brothers Construction of Houston, had not properly secured the area nor provided a crash truck at the scene to deflect traffic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cHeather Avery was a true community citizen, and this horrific incident was totally avoidable at several levels and there will be accountability. We have already reached out to the Chambers County District Attorney\u2019s office over the matter as well for potential criminal charges,\u201d said Lead Attorney Brent Coon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt is imperative in cases such as this to file suit immediately in order to obtain injunctive protection so that evidence associated to the incident isn\u2019t damaged, lost or destroyed,\u201d Coon continued. \u201cThis includes cell phones, vehicle cameras, GPS tracking and OnStar tracking, internal company tracking devices, operating and maintenance logs, and the vehicles involved for further inspection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI want justice for my wife for this senseless death. Heather was always by the book and this would never have happened if the trucking company and highway contractor went by the book as well,\u201d Stutes said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A procession in Avery\u2019s honor is scheduled to take place Wednesday in Beaumont.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 A lawsuit has been filed against a Friendswood trucking company and a Houston contractor after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":760187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[167364,4903,312354,4345,46081,27995,379,358,3187,81688],"class_list":["post-760186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-chambers-county","tag-crash","tag-heather-avery","tag-houston","tag-i-10","tag-jefferson-county","tag-lawsuit","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-winnie"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116485297711720623","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}