Today is a very sad day in our home. Ralcheal Lay (Nicole's best friend) called this morning to tell us her dad was killed in an accident last night. Racheals mom died when Racheal as a toddler and she was very close to her dad.
David Moved to Texas at the end of the summer to work. It was not uncommon for him to call Racheal several times a day to tease her or check in on her. Racheal was living with her older sister here in Highland at the time of her dad's Death. Racheal is the youngest of 4 girls the only one still a minor. The Day before Davids death he found out that his second Daughter was expecting Twins.
Nicole is having a very hard time with Davids death. She went to a church basketball game this morning and couldn't stop crying. After the game she told the young women what had happened to Racheals dad. Nicole has spent the rest of the day saying she feels sick and crying in her room. She was unable to eat her favorite sandwich from Kneaders for lunch because she was so upset. It is hard to see her so upset and I can only imagine the pain that Racheal is feeling.
Here is a report about what happended to David Lay.
The body of a crane operator who was crushed to death after six stories of an old paper mill collapsed on top of him in east Harris County was removed from the debris early Saturday, authorities said.
The investigation into what caused the fatal collapse at the old Champion Paper Mill on Friday night is ongoing, authorities said.
Several emergency crews responded to the collapse in the 18500 block of Beaumont Highway after a call was reported about 7:45 p.m.
The identity of the 58-year-old man is pending notification of family members by the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Nine other men were at the site at the time of the accident, and the crew was about to finish working for the evening, said Southlake EMS Medical Director Joe Fress.
They were not injured.
Authorities believe the victim died instantly in the cab of the crane.
“It’s by far one of the worst I’ve seen,” Fress said of the incident.
The crew has been working to demolish the building for several months. The former mill is being demolished to make way for a residential area, Fress said
David Thompson with Caltex Holdings, the company that owns the facility, declined to reveal the name of the demolition company hired to knock down the mill or comment further on the incident.
“We’re not releasing anything today. We’re talking to OHSA to see what avenues we should we should take,” Thompson said Saturday afternoon.
