Former MAHS Graduate Killed in Texas Motorcycle Accident

A former Monroe Area High School graduate died in a motorcycle accident in Spring, Texas, on Saturday.

According to KHOU 11 out of Texas, Chris Godby was a Harris County detention officer, but was off duty at the time of the accident. He was reported to have died after the driver of an SUV pulled out of a Kroger parking lot in front of him. He was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Texas, but did not survive his injuries.

According to friends, Godby moved to Texas with his wife and young daughter last summer to take a job with Harris County. Some of his family members still live in the Monroe area.