Houston restaurant owner crash-lands plane on Highway 59 near Diboll

Photo courtesy: Texas Department of Transportation (TXDot)

DIBOLL, Texas – A Houston restaurant owner was returning from a business trip when his small, private plane crash-landed on Highway 59 near Diboll Friday morning.

Edd Hendee, who owns the Taste of Texas restaurant near Town and Country, was piloting the plane when it lost power and went down, landing in a median on the highway.

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A few of Hendee's friends and business associates were traveling with him at the time.

No one was seriously injured.

The Texas Department of Transportation is investigating.


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