August 12, 2024 - West Shelby County Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 7 in front of White Rock Missionary Baptist Church near CR 1240 Friday, August 9, 2024.
When fire department personnel arrived at the scene, an SUV was in the middle of the westbound side of the roadway and a tractor was on the shoulder of the same side.
After Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers arrived, they were working to determine if the rear lights on the tractor were active just before the incident occurred,
According to information from the Texas Department of Public Safety, the preliminary crash investigation indicates that at approximately 10:35pm, a John Deere tractor driven by a 16-year-old minor driver of Center was traveling west in the outside lane and was struck in the rear by a silver 2011 Toyota 4Runner driven by Miriam Allan, 47, of Nacogdoches, which was also traveling west.
Allan was transported by ambulance for to Nacogdoches Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Citation information was not provided and DPS reports this is an ongoing investigation with no further information available at this time.
