Fatal Crash Victim Found With Cocaine in Accident

Obvious drug use was uncovered in a fatal car accident on Highway 103 east in Lufkin, Texas early Wednesday morning.

Trey Gordon Morgan, 25, of Angelina County was traveling eastbound on Atkinson when he traveled across the westbound lanes, leaving the roadway and colliding into a tree before catching on fire in the 2600 block of Atkinson Drive around 12:30 a.m., according to police. Morgan was the only occupant in the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the accident scene.

When police responded to the scene they discovered a crack pipe on the driver’s seat and three rocks of crack cocaine in a container inside the vehicle. When Morgan was removed from the vehicle he had a lighter in his hand.

The exact cause of death is not known, but the victim’s body did not burn in the fire.  Lufkin Police Lt. David Young says that blood tests are being conducted but an autopsy was not ordered. Investigators found no tire marks on the roadway to indicate a sudden movement that was made in order to avoid a collision.