UPDATE: Vidor teen struck and killed

     The son of the Rose City Marshal died Wednesday night after he was struck by a vehicle. It happened around 9 p.m. in the 5400 block of Highway 12 East of Liston Road.

     Vidor police say 17 year old James Donald Staton was walking with the flow of traffic when he was struck by a Ford Expedition. The driver of the expedition, Melinda Denise LaCour, and her two children, all of Orange, were not injured.

     LaCour told officers that she saw Staton but was unable to avoid hitting him. Police say he was walking with his friend, 17 year old Caleb Fowler, at the time of the accident. Fowler was not injured.

     The Vidor ISD superintendent says he visited the family in the hospital and his thoughts and prayers are with them.

     Investigators do not believe drugs or alcohol were used by either party. Staton is survived by his father, Rose City Marshal Kelly Staton.

Earlier story

  VIDOR - Police have released the name of a Vidor teenager killed when a driver struck him as he walked on Highway 12.

 James Donald Staton, 17, of Vidor, was hit at about 9 p.m. Wednesday in the 5400 block of Highway 12, east of Liston Road, as he walked east on or along the white line separating the traffic lane from the shoulder, according to Vidor Police Department Assistant Chief Rex Carter.

  Melinda Denise LaCour, 35, of Orange, was with her two children, a daughter 12, and a son, 9, and driving a blue Expedition in the same direction. Carter said LaCour told police she saw Staton as she approached, but was unable to avoid hitting him as he stepped into the lane of traffic, Carter said.

  Staton was treated at the scene and died at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth.

  Caleb Scott Fowler, 17, of Vidor, was reportedly walking with Staton at the time of the crash, Carter said. He wasn't hurt.

  No charges have been filed.

  Staton was the son of Rose City Marshal Kelly Staton.

  Carter said police don't believe Staton intended to step into the traffic lane.