December 22, 2021 - State Highway 7 West was the scene of a two-vehicle hit-and-run crash which resulted in injury to two people involved.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Keith Jones, on December 18, 2021, at 3:08pm a black 2015 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck pulling a yellow 16-foot Bragg trailer driven by Rolando Diez-Diez, 36, was westbound on State Highway 7 near CR 1168.
At that time an unknown driver of a white Chevrolet pickup truck attempted to pass on the left.The truck failed to maintain a single lane and struck the Silverado pickup truck causing Diez to leave the roadway to the right, travel over a culvert, overturn and roll through a fence before coming to rest on its top.
The white Chevrolet veered left and traveled off the roadway to the left where it crossed over two culverts and re-entered the roadway before fleeing the scene of the crash.
Diez and a 13-year-old male child passenger were injured and transported to Nacogdoches Medical Center - Shelby Emergency Department for treatment of their injuries. A 15-year-old male child passenger was not reported to have been injured.
This crash remained under investigation.
