August 26, 2021 - Tennessee Road (FM 947) in Tenaha was the scene of a single-vehicle crash August 24, 2021.
Tenaha Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) and Tenaha Police Department were each alerted to the scene at 3pm where the truck involved remained in the roadway at the intersection of Tennessee Road and Hickory Lane.
According to Tenaha Police Chief Scott Burkhalter, a white Ford pickup truck driven by Jonathan Hurst, 31, of Tenaha was eastbound on Tennessee Road at an unsafe speed. The truck left the roadway to the right through a curve and struck a manhole cover where the truck then rolled and came to rest back in the roadway on its driver side.
Hurst sustained minor injuries as a result of the crash; however, he refused medical treatment. Hurst was issued citations for failure to control speed, and failure to display driver's license.
Tenaha VFD diverted traffic around the crash scene until the vehicle was removed by a wrecker.
