A wreck in Jasper County has claimed the life of a Beaumont man. The late Monday night wreck
occurred on Highway 96 between Jasper and Kirbyville. 36-year old Matthew Wheeler died after
his car was involved in a collision with a Papa John’s Pizza delivery truck. The driver of the
truck was not hurt. The cause of the wreck remains under investigation. Shortly before the
wreck the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office received calls of a car going the wrong way in
the northbound lanes.