Commendations for TxDOT Briscoe County Crew and County Sheriff Garret Davis

TRAVELER TELLS STORY OF BRISCOE HELP

  • BRISCOE COMMENDATION On August 7, the Briscoe County commissioners court recognized, from left, Wendell Reed, Sheriff Garrett Davis, Randy Pointer, Supervisor Jeff Smith, Cory Pointer and Chief Deputy Chris Spence for actions and response above and beyond their expected duties, in response to a recent highway accident in Silverton. | COURTESY PHOTO
    BRISCOE COMMENDATION On August 7, the Briscoe County commissioners court recognized, from left, Wendell Reed, Sheriff Garrett Davis, Randy Pointer, Supervisor Jeff Smith, Cory Pointer and Chief Deputy Chris Spence for actions and response above and beyond their expected duties, in response to a recent highway accident in Silverton. | COURTESY PHOTO

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    On June 8, 2023, I was in an accident in Silverton Texas (Briscoe County). A local man turned into my car. I was spun around in the middle of the highway that runs through the center of town.

    The Texas Department of Transportation crew working in the county was driving up behind me. They came to my aid.

    Supervisor Jeff Smith checked on me, and the man in the other vehicle, who ha…