An unexplained accident on Highway 46 Tuesday morning in Kendall County left an 86-year-old Bandera resident, Thomas Franklin Stein, dead at the scene.
According to information from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Stein was traveling westbound on Highway 46 when he inexplicably veered off the right side of the highway and struck a tree. Information from a witness at the scene and the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office call sheets indicate Stein’s gray Nissan Frontier also went through a fence in the 100 block of Highway 46 before striking the tree.
A statement from DPS indicates Stein was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Michele Van Stavern was called to the scene to make the death pronouncement. Holt & Holt Funeral Home also was called.
