Deer Park Pipeline Explosion Investigation Continues Amid Speculation About Driver’s Intent

Officials are still trying to ascertain all the specifics of the September pipeline explosion, and Deer Park is still dealing with the fallout. As the Deer Park Police Department awaits the results of the Medical Examiner to finish their criminal investigation, it is still unknown whether the incident was deliberate, according to CW39.

According to the Mayor’s remarks that ABC13 was able to receive, 51-year-old Jonathan McEvoy may or may not have lost control of his vehicle before the explosion, which was caused by a car hitting a pipeline valve, happened. Since it was essentially an intentional conduct, the probe was criminal in nature. Where that car ended up is not something you just happen to end up at. “It was no accident,” Mayor Jerry Mouton, Jr. stated.

The investigation’s other side may challenge whether McEvoy had malicious intent given his medical background. According to his ex-wife, McEvoy had a history of seizures, which may indicate that the collision caused the explosion, ABC13 reported. Johnny Morales, the La Porte Emergency Management Coordinator, has been circumspect in his remarks, stating simply that the collision was “not medical in nature” and not going into any information.

The City of Deer Park clarified in a statement to ABC13 that Mayor Mouton planned to offer both a medical emergency and an intentional act as potential causes for the collision in the face of persistent rumors.

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