January 20, 2016 - FM 699 was the scene of a single-vehicle crash Wednesday morning, January 20, 2016. Officers with the Center Police Department and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) directed traffic until the vehicle could be removed from the ditch in which it was stuck.
According to Center Police Officer John Welch, at 7:18am a blue GMC Sierra SLE driven by Oscar Contreras, 24, of Center with passenger Javier Gonzalez, 24, also of Center was traveling south on FM 2468. As Contreras was preparing to make a right turn onto FM 699 he failed to control speed, hit water, lost control of the truck and left the roadway coming to rest in a ditch.
No injuries were reported at the scene. Contreras was cited for no driver's license.
Assisting at the scene were Center Police Officer Angela Neal and Texas DPS Trooper Taylor Buster.
