January 17, 2023 - U.S. Highway 96 North across the road from the Center Country Club was the scene of a single-vehicle crash between a pickup truck and a stone wall January 15, 2023.
Emergency responders arriving at the scene found a pickup truck which had collided on its driver's side with an entry gate wall along a driveway.
According to Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy Jake Gross, at 4:57pm a grey 2008 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Fortino Hernandez, 50, of Tenaha was traveling north on U.S. Highway 96 when he began to swerve into the opposing lane of traffic due to medical complications.
Hernandez over corrected and traveled back across the highway and left the roadway sideways on the northbound side and struck a stone wall entry gate owned by Michael Scarborough.
After the Center Fire Department helped extricate Hernandez from the truck, he was transported from the scene by ambulance to Nacogdoches Medical Center - Shelby Emergency Department for treatment of possible injuries.
No citations were reported to have been issued at the time of the crash.
