April 22, 2015 - Heavy rains on Saturday, April 18, 2015 contributed to a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 7.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Dustin Ramos, at 8am the Center Fire Department and ACE EMS were dispatched to a rollover on State Highway 7 East just west of CR 1656 in front of the Center Municipal Airport. The vehicle had come to rest upside down in a ditch filled with running water and the driver was reported to have been trapped.
Upon arrival, the driver had been removed from the vehicle by Cameron Copeland, of Watson & Sons, who was just across the street from the crash scene.
Justin Garrett, 22, of San Augustine was traveling eastbound in a white Lincoln Aviator when due to the high water on the roadway the Lincoln hydroplaned and landed upside down in the ditch on the westbound side.
Garrett was cited for unsafe speed and refused treatment from EMS.
