Dennis Shelly, an Associate Professor in the Texas Tech Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was killed in a single-vehicle car accident at 5:46 p.m. Friday, November 21, 2008 on State Highway 6 in College Station.
Shelly struck a bridge support underneath University Drive in College Station while traveling southbound on SH 6, according to an initial police report. Shelly was trapped in the Ford Escape until the College Station Fire and Police departments arrived on the scene to remove him from the vehicle.The vehicle reportedly was on fire, but he was not burned.
He was pronounced dead after he was transported to the College Station Medical Center, according to the College Station Police Department.
Denny Shelly
1955- 200Dennis C. Shelly, 53, of Lubbock, and formerly of St. Thomas, Pa., died on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, in College Station, as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Born on Feb. 16, 1955, in Chambersburg, he was the son of Harry C. and Joan L. Armstrong Shelly of 110 Mattson Hollow Road, Coatesville, PA 19320.