September 17, 2024 - Emergency personnel were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash Tuesday, September 3, 2024, on U.S. Highway 84 west of Joaquin near CR 3801.
When responders arrived at the location just after 3:50pm, one vehicle was in the middle of the roadway while another involved had come to rest on the shoulder.
Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department personnel assisted with those involved and with traffic control while Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) State Troopers investigated.
According to DPS’s preliminary crash investigation, it indicates that a 2019 Mini Cooper driven by a 16-year-old female minor driver of Joaquin was westbound while a 2014 Ford Escape driven by Jerry Balcome, 66, of Joaquin was traveling east. It is reported that the Mini Cooper crossed over into the eastbound lane and struck the Ford.
The 16-year-old was transported to Nacogdoches Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Balcome and his passenger Dianna Balcome, 75, of Joaquin, were transported to Nacogdoches Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Citation information was not provided by DPS on this incident. According to DPS, this is an ongoing investigation, and no further information is available at this time.
Both vehicles involved were towed from the scene.
