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A Vidor man lost his life in an early Monday morning crash in Beaumont. It happened shortly before 6:oo on Interstate io at Laurel Avenue. Beaumont Police say a box truck carrying mail was northbound when the driver lost control, struck and struck the cement center divider, knocking it into the southbound lanes. The box truck then hit a southbound 2016 Ford Escape SUV, while the cement divider hit a southbound GMC pickup truck. Police said the driver of the SUV, 32-year-old Jonathan Allen Droddy, was killed when he was hit by the box truck. Meanwhile, police said the driver of the box truck had had non-life-threatening injuries, while the driver of the pickup truck was not hurt. The names of those two drivers have not yet been released.