Wise County motorcycle fatal accident
Posted/updated on: June 3, 2026 at 7:45 am
WISE COUNTY – On Monday, June 1, at 7:00 a.m., Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol Troopers responded to a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in rural Wise County.
A preliminary investigation indicated that the rider of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was traveling south on FM 920 at an unsafe speed and failed to negotiate a curve. The rider went off the road and laid the motorcycle over. The rider was not wearing a helmet.
The rider, Shaun Allan Waits, a 56-year-old male of Weatherford, Texas, was pronounced dead on the scene.
This investigation is ongoing, and no additional information is available at this time.
