Motorcyclist killed in crash

A Smithville man died early Dec. 1 after the motorcycle he was riding left the roadway and hit a cable barrier on Texas 71, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

DPS officials said Andrew Lee Pinson, 57, was traveling west on a 2005 Honda motorcycle when, for reasons still under investigation, the bike veered off the highway and struck the barrier near Smithville.

Pinson was pronounced dead at the scene.