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Texas Department of Public Safety Sergeant Shana Clark on Thursday released the name of the man who died in a fiery Tuesday afternoon accident. It happened at about 4:00 in extreme northwest Jasper County in the Rockland Community. The man has been identified as Matthew Everett Carr, 34, of Woodville. Emergency crews responded to U.S. Highway 69 at County Road 008 and found a Ford F-150 pickup truck completely engulfed in flames and the driver still inside. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. According to Sergeant Clark, a northbound 18-wheeler had stopped due to construction when it was hit from behind by the pickup truck, which then went off the highway and caught on fire.