November 6, 2023 - U.S. Highway 96 North near the Center Country Club was the scene of a two-vehicle crash November 1, 2023.
Emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene of the crash and when they arrived, one vehicle was on its top in the middle of the southbound side of the roadway.
Center Fire Department and Center Police Department personnel began diverting traffic to prevent the possibility of additional incidents at the scene and to allow for Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to investigate the crash.
According to DPS, the preliminary crash investigation indicates that at approximately 7:30pm, a grey 1995 Ford Ranger driven by Clara Chable, 34, of Tenaha was traveling south, followed by a 2008 Ford Mustang driven by Robbin Thayn, 58, of Oxford, NE. It is reported that the Ranger was traveling at a slower speed when Thayn failed to control her speed and struck the rear of the Ranger with the Mustang.
Chable and two passengers, an 11-year-old and a 7-year-old, were transported to Nacogdoches Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Thayn was transported to Nacogdoches Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
According to DPS, there is no further information available.
