WISE COUNTY MOTORCYCLE FATAL CRASH

Wise County – On Monday, June 1, 2026, at 7:00 a.m., Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Highway Patrol (HP) Troopers responded to a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on Farm-to-Market (FM) 920 near Private Road (PR) 3738 in 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, TX, was pronounced deceased on the scene.

 

This investigation is ongoing, and no additional information is available at this time.