October 19, 2023 - U.S. Highway 84 at the intersection of CR 4475 outside of Tenaha was the scene of a major four-vehicle crash Wednesday, October 18, 2023.
Emergency personnel with the Tenaha Volunteer Fire Department was immediately dispatched to the location, as well as medical and law enforcement personnel.
Upon arrival, vehicles involved were at multiple locations and fire personnel needed to use extrication equipment to help remove the driver of one car from the vehicle she was driving.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Dustin Ramos, at 5:14pm a white 2018 Ford Expedition driven by Jeffrey Kater, 51, of Joaquin was stopped behind an uninvolved vehicle facing eastbound waiting to turn left on CR 4475. At that time a black 2019 Ford F150 driven by Solomon Washington, 30, of Tenaha was stopped behind the Expedition
A black 2010 Ford Edge driven by Gaye Daw, 63, of Joaquin was eastbound and failed to control speed, striking the rear of the F-150 which subsequently collided with the rear of the Expedition.
The Edge then spun into the westbound lane where a tan 2007 Peterbilt pulling a 2012 flatbed, both owned by Southern Transport LLC of Gladewater and driven by Charles Thompson, 60, of Overton was westbound and struck the Edge. The truck tractor traveled off the roadway into the wood line on the eastbound side and the Edge came to rest on the eastbound shoulder.
Daw was transported to Nacogdoches Medical Center - Shelby Emergency Department for treatment of her injuries. Thompson, and Washington were also transported to the same facility for minor injuries.
Daw was issued a citation for failure to control speed.
The crash remains under investigation.
Trooper Ramos was assisted at the scene of the crash by Shelby County Sheriff's Department, Constable Taylor Fanguy and Constable Roy Cheatwood.
