Truck Strikes Tree Head On on FM 138

February 20, 2023 - FM 138 near FM 1645 was the scene of a single-vehicle crash with a tree on February 18, 2023.

Center Fire Department and West Shelby County Volunteer Fire Department (WSCVFD) responded to the scene to assist with extrication, should it be needed, and traffic control.

According to DPS Trooper Taylor Buster, at 9:50pm a white 1998 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Jaxon Blaine Fleming, 20, of Center was westbound on FM 138 at an unsafe speed for a curve in the roadway when the truck traveled off the roadway to the left. The truck struck a tree head on and ejected two passengers from the vehicle, meanwhile the driver was left in the floor board of the truck when the vehicle came to rest facing the roadway.

Fleming and his passenger Douglas Leo Jackson, 25, were transported by ambulance to Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries.

WSCVFD personnel established a landing zone at the intersection of FM 138 and FM 1645 where a PHI Life Flight helicopter landed and transported Raleigh Windham, 28, to UT Health Tyler for treatment of her injuries.

This crash remains under investigation and there are no further details at the time of this report.

Also assisting at the scene were Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy Jimmy Wagstaff; Josh Tipton, Constable Precinct 5; and Jamie Hagler, Constable Precinct 2.