Major SH 7 Crash Sends Two to Shreveport Hospital

March 26, 2017 - State Highway 7 West was the scene of a major two-vehicle crash Friday, March 23, 2018 that sent two people involved to a hospital in Shreveport.

Emergency crews were dispatched to the location at the intersection of FM 711 where a pickup truck and a trailer remained in the middle of the roadway on the eastbound side. Center Firemen and ACE EMS personnel worked to safely extricate the driver and passenger of the truck. Firemen utilized Jaws of Life equipment to gain access to the vehicle.

According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Jesse Fountain, at 11:45am a black 1993 Dodge Dakota pickup truck driven by Nicholas Brewer, 30, of Nacogdoches was eastbound on State Highway 7 (SH 7). At that time a black 2008 Dodge driven by Leonel Perez-Romero was westbound on SH 7 and failed to yield right of way when turning onto FM 711 in front of the Dodge Dakota.

This caused the Dakota to collide with the trailer being hauled by Perez-Romero which had a forklift, portable toilet and other chicken house equipment onboard. The collision caused the trailer to detatch from the 2008 Dodge and remain in the outside eastbound lane with damage. The Dodge Dakota came to a halt with major damage in the inside eastbound traffic lane. 

No damage was received of the 2008 Dodge other than the trailer hitch being separated from the trailer. 

Brewer and his passenger, Victoria Santos, were both flown by Life Air Rescue to LSU hospital in Shreveport. 

Perez Romero and his passenger, Jose Pedro Perez-Cuevas, were not reported to have received any injury from the crash.

Perez-Romero was issued citations for no driver's license and failure to yield right of way.