February 14, 2017 - Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers and EMS responded to a single-vehicle crash just off State Highway 7 West during heavy rain on Tuesday, February 14, 2017.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers Jesse Fountain and Taylor Buster, sometime around 11am a black 2011 GMC Sierra driven by Jennifer Shaw Murray, 39, of Douglass was westbound on State Highway 7 just past CR 1245 when the Sierra struck water and the truck hydroplaned. The vehicle crossed into the eastbound traffic lanes before leaving the roadway to the left where the truck then traveled up an embankment.
The truck struck small brush as it encountered the embankment before crossing a driveway and striking a tree as the truck rolled to the right and down another embankment where it came to rest in a ditch on its top.
Murray refused treatment at the scene from ACE EMS and no injuries were reported as a result of the crash. Murray was issued a citation for unsafe speed. A wrecker out of Nacogdoches towed the truck from the incident location.
