March 23, 2022 - The intersection of Tenaha Street and Cass-Caid Drive was the scene of a three-vehicle crash Wednesday, March 16, 2022.
According to Center Police Officer Jerry Payne, at 8:50pm a white Jeep SUV driven by Leslie Ortega, 30, of Center was traveling northbound with passenger Victoria Ortega, 31, on Tenaha Street when she stopped to make a left turn onto Cass-Caid Drive.
At that time a white Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by Rafael Soto, 36, of Bronson was northbound on Tenaha Street when it failed to control speed and struck the Jeep in the rear, spinning it into the southbound lane where a blue Nissan driven by Hillary Ihlo, 29, of Center was traveling south and was unable to avoid impacting with the Jeep, striking it once again in the rear.
The Dodge came to rest in the shoulder of the northboud lane while the Jeep and the Nissan remained in the southbound lane blocking traffic.
A 5-year-old male passenger from the Jeep was transported by ambulance to Nacogdoches Medical Center - Shelby Emergency Department for medical evaluation, as was Soto.
Neither of the Ortega's or a 9-year-old female passenger from that vehicle were reported to have received injury. Ihlo was also not reported to have been injured. All vehicles were towed from the scene.
No citations were issued at the time of the incident.
