Vidor police are investigating a fatality. Police report the driver of a SUV was driving recklessly
Sunday evening on Main Street and struck an oncoming vehicle. The driver of the car that was
struck, 30-year old Samantha Lee Townsend, died at the scene. A toddler in the vehicle was safely
secured in a child’s safety seat and was not seriously injured. The driver of the SUV was listed in
serious condition.