TEMPLE, TX (May 19, 2025) – The Temple Police Department has identified the victim as 33-year-old Steven Sheldon from Killeen, TX.
TEMPLE, TX (May 17, 2025) – The Temple Police Department is investigating a traffic accident that left one individual deceased.
At around 1:52 a.m. on Saturday, May 17, officers were dispatched to the 9500 block of State Highway 36 for a traffic accident involving a motorcycle and a vehicle. Upon arrival, officers learned a motorcycle traveling westbound at a high rate of speed struck the backside of a vehicle causing the motorcyclist to go over the guard rail.
One individual was pronounced deceased on scene by Justice of the Peace Rosanne Fisher.
The Temple Police Department Traffic Unit is on scene investigating.
This case is under investigation, and no other information will be released at this time. Anyone with information should contact the Temple Police Department at 254-298-5500 or the Bell County Crime Stoppers at 254-526-8477, where callers can report anonymously. Tips can also be submitted anonymously at bellcountycrimestoppers.com.