SH 7 West Near CR 1165 Scene of Single-Vehicle Crash

October 27, 2021 - State Highway 7 West just under one mile east of CR 1165 was the scene of a single-vehicle crash Wednesday, October 27, 2021.

A Center Police Department Detective discovered the vehicle off the roadway when traveling east during rainy weather.

According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Keith Jones, a black 2017 Nissan Altima driven by Maria Sofia Akins Tovera, 24, of Center was eastbound at an unsafe speed when the vehicle left the roadway to the right and came to rest in the eastbound ditch.

No injuries were reported as a result of the crash incident. A citation for unsafe speed was issued to Tovera.

Assisting at the scene were Center Police Detective Andrew Williams, Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy Chad Hooper and Deputy Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy Misty Ray.