July 21, 2016 - Three teens were involved in a near-tragic crash on U.S. Highway 84 in front of the Joaquin High School on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.
Directly following the crash involving a white pickup truck and the entrance wall to Joaquin ISD, employees of the school rushed to the aid of one individual involved who received injury. As the young man lay on the ground, the school employees provided shade for him by setting a canopy over him until additional help could arrive.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Keith Jones, at 1:10pm Johnathan Taylor Webster, 17, of Joaquin was driving a white 1997 Ford F-150 eastbound on U.S. Highway 84 at an unsafe speed.
Webster attempted to make a left turn into the Joaquin High School parking lot and due to the speed crashed head-on into a brick wall. The front seat passenger in the truck a 17-year-old male passenger of Joaquin was not wearing a seat belt and struck the windshield face first, causing injury.
A 16-year-old male passenger was riding in the open bed of the pickup truck when the crash occurred; however, he was uninjured.
Webster was issued a citation for unsafe speed, and allowing child less than 18 to ride in open bed. The 17-year-old passenger was transported from the scene by ACE EMS to Nacogdoches Medical Center - Center Emergency Department for treatment of his injuries, he was also issued a citation for no seat belt.
