March 5, 2019 - Emergency responders had just cleared the scene of a crash on US 96 North when they received a second call out to a crash on SH 7 East at the Loop 500 intersection Friday evening, March 1.
The Center Fire Department was paged out around 6:30pm to assist with traffic control as a two-vehicle crash was blocking both east and west lanes of traffic of SH 7.
According to Center Police Department Officer Angela Neal, a white 2014 Ford Explorer driven by Lorinda Lee, 51, was at the stop sign of Loop 500 traveling north. The Explorer failed to yield at the stop sign to a white Dodge Avenger traveling west on SH 7 and struck the front quarter panel of Avenger with its front.
The Dodge car was driven by Malore Belrose, 18 of Joaquin, with one passenger in the vehicle, Paul Salone, who was also 18 years of age. The Dodge came to rest partially in the center lane and in the eastbound lane. The Ford SUV came to rest facing east in the westbound lane of SH 7.
EMS were called to the scene; however, no one requested transport from the crash.
