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TYLER — Here’s a quick look at other work planned in the Tyler District of the Texas Department of Transportation.

LONGVIEW – On Tuesday, Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews are scheduled to perform pavement repairs in the intersection of eastbound Loop 281 and Spur 63. Traffic will not be able to turn left from Loop 281 at this intersection while the work is in progress, and Spur 63 traffic will only be able to turn right. The work should take two days to complete. Once the work on Loop 281 is complete, crews are scheduled to move to Spur 502 (Judson Road) to make pavement repairs between Loop 281 and US 80 (Marshall Avenue). A second crew is scheduled to complete shoulder work on Interstate Highway 20 between the Smith County line and State Highway 135 in Kilgore. Daytime lane closures will be in effect in each location while the work is in progress, and flaggers will control traffic. Motorists are encouraged to seek alternate routes to avoid delays.

HENDERSON — Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews this week are scheduled to begin base and pavement repairs on SH 43, between the Henderson Star and Farm Road 1251 in New Prospect. Daytime lane closures will be in effect while the work is in progress, and flaggers and pilot vehicles will control traffic.

SMITH COUNTY – Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews this week are scheduled to continue base and pavement repairs on U.S. Highway 271 between the Loop 323 extension and Farm Road 2015. Once that work is complete, crews are scheduled to move to perform the same work at Farm Road 14 and Interstate Highway 20, and on IH 20 between Farm Road 14 and Willow Branch Road. Daytime lane closures will be in effect in each location while the work is in progress. Motorists are encouraged to be prepared to reduce speed and merge in and around the work zone.

ANDERSON COUNTY – Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews this week are scheduled to perform resurfacing operations in various locations on Farm Road 837 north of Palestine between State Highway 19 in Bradford and Farm Road 315 in Brushy Creek. Daytime lane closures will be in effect while the work is in progress, and flaggers and pilot vehicles will control traffic.

Also of note for motorists using State Highway 294 between Elkhart and Alto: TxDOT will resume closing State Highway 294 to thru-traffic during daylight hours this week between Farm Road 23 and State Highway 21 in Cherokee County for tree trimming and removal operations. The closure will be in effect between 8:00am and 3:00pm Monday-Friday through October.

HENDERSON COUNTY — Texas Department of Transportation this week are scheduled to perform base and pavement repairs in various locations on Farm Road 1615 south of Athens. Daytime lane closures will be in effect while the work is in progress, and flaggers will control traffic.

WOOD COUNTY – Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews this week are scheduled to perform edge repairs in various locations on Farm Road 1801 east of Mineola. Daytime lane closures will be in effect while the work is in progress, and flaggers will control traffic in two-lane areas.

FRUITVALE – Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews are scheduled to continue base and pavement repairs on U.S. Highway 80 in various locations in and around Fruitvale. Daytime lane closures will be in effect while the work is in progress, and motorists are encouraged to be prepared to reduce speed and merge in and around the work zone.

CHEROKEE COUNTY – Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews will resume closing State Highway 294 to thru-traffic during daylight hours this week between State Highway 21 in Alto and Farm Road 23 near the Anderson County Line for tree trimming and removal. The closure will be in effect weekdays between 8:00a and 3:00pm. State Highway 294 will be open to all traffic each day after 3:00 p.m. and until work begins the following weekday at 8:00am.

TYLER – A Tyler stabbing is under investigation. It was reported just after 2:15 Saturday afternoon at 6122 Plantation Drive. Officers first received a report of a fight. While heading to the scene, another call came in about a stabbing. A man was taken to a Tyler hospital where he underwent surgery for his injuries. The man’s name and other details about the case have not been released.

ATHENS – Athens police have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting his date. The incident reportedly occurred just before midnight on Wednesday and was reported to authorities early Thursday morning. Taken into custody Friday afternoon was David R. Figueroa, 21, of Athens. A 21 year old woman said Figueroa forcibly restrained her in a car and then sexually assaulted her on the east side of the Cain Center Park.

CHEYENNE, WYO. (AP/STAFF) – Authorities have recovered the bodies of four East Texas men killed in a plane crash in the mountains of Wyoming. The bodies were removed at mid-afternoon Friday when the recovery team was lowered to the wreckage from a helicopter.

Searchers looked for the plane for almost two days before they found the wreckage of the single-engine Piper plane toward sunset Thursday. Albany County officials said Friday those killed were Charles Ford, 52, and James Morgan, 29, both of Marshall; Maverick Cayce, 21, of Longview; and Billy Gee, 65, of Karnack. Their bodies were taken to the Albany County Coroner’s Office, where autopsies were to be performed.

The plane had taken off from Marshall and was due in Casper Tuesday evening. The plane went missing in foggy weather. A pilot spotted the wreckage on Laramie Peak in a remote area of southeast Wyoming.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash. Allen Kenitzer, spokesman for the FAA’s Northwest Mountain Region, said a preliminary report could come within a couple of weeks.

TYLER — Smith County election workers saw a good number of folks rushing to beat that October 9 voter registration deadline for the November elections. County Elections Administrator Karen Nelson tells KETK there’s always a rush of people on the last day, but this year was more than normal, with over 150 coming in. Nelson says there has also been an increase in mail-in ballots this year.

LONGVIEW — A Longview man has died after the bicycle he was riding was struck by a vehicle. Gary Spruille, 51, (pictured) was struck around 10:00 Thursday night while riding his bike in the 2900 block of Estes Parkway, according to Longview police. Witnesses told officers a 2003 red Honda Accord, driven by Hameed Ali Shahzad, 25, Longview, was traveling northbound in the outside lane of traffic when the vehicle struck Spruille. According to the Longview News-Journal, Spruille was riding in the middle of the outside lane. Shahzad told officers that he did not see Spruille. Spruille’s bicycle did not have safety equipment required by law. Pct. Justice of the Peace Sam Lawson pronounced Spruille dead at the scene.

TYLER — A Whitehouse man has been arrested for public lewdness after allegedly groping a woman. According to KETK, it happened around 1:45 Thursday afternoon at Rose Rudman Park. Authorities said the woman was grabbed and fondled from behind by a man in the park as she was pushing her child’s stroller. The woman screamed, drawing the attention of others in the park, who followed the man and called police. The man, later identified as Jacob Bobbitt, 19, was pulled over on Rhones Quarter Road and arrested for public lewdness. He was booked into the Smith County Jail. Bobbit was also arrested in September on the same charge after he allegedly fondled a woman in a Tyler Wal-Mart.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – Authorities have released the names of four East Texas men killed in a plane crash in the mountains of Wyoming. Searchers looked for the plane for almost two days before they found the wreckage of the single-engine Piper plane toward sunset Thursday. There were no survivors. Albany County officials said Friday those killed were 52-year-old Charles Ford and 29-year-old James Morgan, both of Marshall; 21-year-old Maverick Cayce, of Longview; and 65-year-old Billy Gee of Karnack. The plane had taken off from Marshall and was due in Casper Tuesday evening. The plane went missing in foggy weather. A pilot spotted the wreckage on Laramie Peak in a remote area of southeast Wyoming. The crash is being investigated and authorities plan to remove the wreckage.

OVERTON — Bond is $250,000 for a man who fled a fatal East Texas crash. Late Thursday afternoon, State District Judge Kerry Russell signed an arrest warrant and set Justin Echols’ bond at $250,000. The incident happened on County Road 217 just north of Overton. Officials at the scene told KETK a man in a Ford F-350 truck lost control while turning a corner and hit a tree. A passenger in the truck was Michele Allen, 27, of Harleton. She was thrown from the truck and pinned underneath it. She later died from her injuries. Authorities believe Echols, 30, hopped on an ATV, traveled away from the crash site and crashed again. He then reportedly ran from the area. State troopers the arrest warrant for Echols, charging him with accident involving personal injury or death.

LONGVIEW — One person has been killed and one injured in a three vehicle wreck in Longview. It happened just before 7:30 yesterday morning in the 5400 block of Loop 281. Witnesses tell Longview police a pickup driven by Richard Townsend of Beckville was heading west on the loop when it drifted into oncoming traffic. It hit an SUV driven by Brenda Ann Scheid, 52, of Gilmer. The SUV then spun around and hit a truck driven by Guy Malcolm Reed of Gilmer. Scheid was pronounced dead at the scene. Townsend was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center by ambulance with non life-threatening injuries. Reed received minor injuries but was not transported to the hospital. The crash remains under investigation.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – More air and ground searchers have been combing a rugged mountain area in southeast Wyoming for a single-engine plane carrying four people from Texas. It took off from Harrison County Airport in Marshall. Albany County, Wyoming, Undersheriff Rob DeBree says a U.S. Air Force helicopter has been helping the search from the air and the ground search team has been bolstered to about 40 people. The Wyoming Civil Air Patrol now has two planes in the search, which is focusing on Laramie Peak area about 60 miles southeast of Casper. The Piper PA-32 aircraft was reported missing after it failed to land as scheduled Tuesday evening at Casper/Natrona County International Airport. DeBree says the four people in the plane were traveling to Casper on business. Officials have not released their names.

TYLER — Tyler’s sales tax revenues deposited for October have grown 2.63% as compared to October 2011. The figures come from the state comptroller’s office. The increase means the city’s soft hiring freeze has been lifted, according to City Manager Mark McDaniel (pictured). October is the first month of the City’s fiscal year, so the cumulative year-do-date increase is also 2.63%. The reported revenue of $2,815,711.47 comprises $1,877,140.98 general sales tax revenue and $938,570.49 half-cent sales tax revenue. The figures represent receipts from August 2012 collections as there is a two-month lag before taxes are reported and remitted back to the City from the State.

“This is a great way to start off our new fiscal year,” said McDaniel. “The six percent growth we saw during September helped us end 2011-2012 in a strong financial position and the continued growth this month has set a positive tone for the upcoming fiscal year. “Because revenues have continued to slowly climb and are nearing the levels we were at prior to the economic downturn, we have lifted our soft hiring freeze,” added McDaniel. “Of course we will continue our rigorous efforts to operate as efficiently as possible as these have served us well and allowed us to lower property tax rates more than 60% in the last 15 years.”

HOUSTON — Two Texas universities, including one in East Texas, say part of the national health care act is trampling on their constitutional rights. East Texas Baptist University in Marshall and Houston Baptist University have filed a lawsuit in federal court. The litigation challenges the requirement for employers’ health insurance to cover their workers’ contraception drug costs. Professor Gerald Treece at South Texas College of Law in Houston says you’re going to see these schools join other religious institutions. The schools don’t want to be penalized for opting out. Treece says the Supreme Court hasn’t come close to addressing that question yet.

TYLER — Several homes and businesses on the south side of Tyler were tagged by vandals overnight with orange spray paint. Police Public Information Officer Don Martin said Thursday that “significant” damage was done to buildings, mailboxes and vehicles near WSW Loop 323 on Brookside Drive, Shelley Drive, and Woodland Hills Drive, as well as a few businesses on the Loop. Authorities do not have any persons of interest, but suspect the destruction was caused by kids.

Most homeowners and business owners were able to remove the orange paint, but some people have not been able to remove it from their brick mailboxes. Martin tells KETK investigators will compound the crimes into one charge, which will either be tagging or criminal mischief; police are using the latter term for now. Detectives could not pin down a specific pattern to the tagging, including gang symbols.

Anyone with information about the suspects involved in this crime is urged to contact the Tyler Police Department, at 903-531-1000, or Crimestoppers at 903-597-CUFF (903-597-2833). Crimestoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information that leads to arrests and charges filed against the suspects in this case or any felony case.

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY — The Nacogdoches Sheriff’s Department deputies are working to identify the man who reportedly raped a woman in her home during the early morning hours of October 1. According to KETK, the victim was asleep in her home just outside the city limits of Nacogdoches when she was awakened around 3:00 by a man sexually assaulting her. He left the home after the assault. She called the police. Authorities are not sure how he got into the home but think maybe he possibly used an unlocked door. They are waiting on the results of several forensic tests.

MARSHALL – Ten persons have been arrested as a combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies began executing federal arrest warrants. The arrests follow a three year investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine in the Marshall area.

Three separate indictments were returned by a federal grand jury on October 3 charging 12 persons with federal drug and firearms violations. Of those, nine were arrested Wednesday and another was already in state custody. Those in custody, all Marshall residents, are identified as:
Apolinar Carbajal Abelardo, aka, La Cartera, 40;
Santiago Carbajal Abelardo, aka, Chiquies, 25;
Jehovani Abelardo, 20;
Santos Acuna, 23;
Rigoberto Aguirre-Valle, aka, Rigo, 35;
Karin Cardenas, aka, Quequi, 20;
Joeli Higuera Fernandez, 28;
Melicio Nunez-Duque, 44;
Julia Flores Saucedo, aka, Julia Bernal, 32; and
Oscar Diaz-Mendoza, 34.

During Wednesday’s arrests, officers also seized 14 firearms, a pound and a half of methamphetamine, two ounces of powder cocaine, $8,600 in cash, and four vehicles.

According to the first indictment, beginning in 2009, Apolinar Abelardo, Santiago Abelardo, Jehovani Abelardo, and Santos Acuna, conspired with others to import methamphetamine and cocaine into Northeast Texas for distribution in the Marshall area. The defendants are all charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine, two counts of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine, four counts of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

According to the second indictment, beginning in 2010, Rigoberto Aguirre-Valle, Karin Cardenas, and Joeli Fernandez conspired to deliver methamphetamine from Mexico to Northeast Texas for distribution in the Marshall area. The defendants are charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and 8 counts of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine.

According to the third indictment, beginning in 2011, Melicio Nunez-Duque, Julia Saucedo, and Oscar Diaz-Mendoza conspired to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine in Marshall and Karnack, Texas. They are all charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and four counts of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine.

If convicted of the drug conspiracy charges, the defendants face a minimum of 10 years and up to life in federal prison. If convicted of the drug possession charges, the defendants face up to 20 years in federal prison. If convicted on the weapons violations, those defendants face at least 5 years and up to 40 years in federal prison. The indictments also seek forfeiture of any property used to commit or facilitate the crimes or derived from proceeds of the conspiracy.

TYLER — Tyler Police arrest a man accused of attacking his son. Darron Norris Campbell, 51, Tyler, was booked into the Smith County Jail on a charge of aggravated assault family violence. Authorities said they were called to the Trinity Mother Frances Emergency Room this morning around 8:45 to investigate after Kyan Campbell, 26, Tyler, told nurses he was attacked.

Campbell said he and his father were working together on lawn maintenance at Borden’s located at 805 W. Front Street when they got into a physical altercation. That fight apparently led to the father striking his son with a lawn mower blade across his arm, slicing it open. Campbell was transported by private vehicle to the hospital for treatment. Officers located the father and made an on-site arrest after obtaining the details of the incident.

KILGORE — A pre-kindergarten aide at Kilgore Heights Elementary has been fired following an October 2 injury to a 4-year-old boy, interim Superintendent Dennis Williams reported Tuesday. According to the Longview News-Journal, Williams verified reports that the student was injured when the aide pulled the child’s leg, causing him to fall and hit his head on a shelf. The boy was taken to the school nurse, and his parents were notified, Williams said.

“The aide is no longer with the district,” Williams said. “The police, they are still conducting their investigation. And (Child Protective Services), they are conducting their investigation. And, we at the school, conducted our investigation and that person is no longer working for the district.”

TYLER — Smith County Sheriff J. B. Smith has released the results of a study he conducted regarding the Wet/Dry issue and the impact on communities. Sheriff Smith said 28 ‘wet’ cities were polled about their average increase in crime since approving the sale of alcohol and the possible increase of litter on the streets. The Sheriff said of the 25 towns that responded, they anonymously responded by saying that there has been no increase in crime or littering since the sale of alcohol.

Smith said in two of the cities polled, Midlothian and Rockwall, they actually reported a decrease in crime and violence, as well as littering.

Sheriff Smith said he wanted to pursue some additional information after a report by a local newspaper. He said he wanted to dispel the myth that crime and litter would increase if the measure, now on the November 4th ballot, was voted for. Smith added, “It’s not the Sheriff’s job to make editorial comments whether his department is for or against it, I just wanted the public to have the truth.”

CHEYENNE, WYO. (AP) – An air and ground search is under way in southeast Wyoming for a single-engine plane carrying four people. Jeanne Stone-Hunter of the Wyoming Civil Air Patrol says the Piper PA-32 aircraft was reported missing after it failed to land as scheduled Tuesday evening at Casper/Natrona County International Airport. She says searchers are concentrating their efforts on the Laramie Mountains between Casper and Cheyenne. An initial search of the area Monday night by a Civil Air Patrol plane found no emergency beacon signals. Stone-Hunter says the flight originated in Harrison County, Texas and stopped in Dodge City, Kansas to refuel.

TYLER – Tyler police are looking for the lone gunman who robbed the service station at 1105 East Gentry Parkway, in front of Super One Foods. Just after 9:30 last night the cashier said a man displayed a gun and demanded money. He took an undisclosed amount of cash and ran north from the station. No injuries were reported. The suspect is described as a black male in his late 20’s to early 30’s, around 5’ 00” to 5’02” tall, wearing a black hoodie or possibly a hooded zipper type sweater with gold colored design and blue jeans. In addition, the suspect has a tattoo on the right side of his face and gold upper teeth.

LONGVIEW – Two Longview firemen suffered minor injuries extinguishing a fire in the 300 block of Blake Drive. It was reported around 4:45 yesterday morning. It is thought to have rekindled from a fire in a Futon on the back porch that was reported around 3:00 that morning. The fire displaced ten people living in the duplex. One firefighter was injured when his mask came off, exposing him to the flames and smoke. The second firefighter was burned helping the first fireman to escape.

JACKSONVILLE – Jacksonville police are still awaiting results from the blood work of a motorist who hit an elderly woman over the weekend. Margie Benge, 80, of Jacksonville, was knocked some 25 feet by the car driven by Matthew McCauley, 19, of Bullard. She was flown to Tyler’s Mother Francis Hospital where she is listed in critical condition. The woman was taking part in a pro-life rally on South Jackson Street when the accident happened around 2:30 Sunday afternoon.

KILGORE — Representatives from Chevron Corporation were on campus yesterday to present the Kilgore College Process Technology Program $10,000 for a third-straight year. Donation money will be used for scholarships and equipment for the Process Technology – Petroleum Specialty Program. Chevron was also on campus recruiting students for summer intern and trainee jobs.

Dewey Greer, KC’s Process Technology instructor, said that Chevron is one of the biggest supporters of the Process Technology Program at KC. “Along with donations of money for scholarships and equipment needs, they have been hiring graduates of process technology every year since we started a partnership,” Greer said. “We will continue to work toward meeting Chevron’s expectations of students who are completing a process technology degree here at Kilgore College.”

Since the Process Technology Program’s inception in 2008, 55 students have graduated from the program and Chevron has hired 16 of them.

LONGVIEW — A former Longview ISD teacher is back in jail after prosecutors presented evidence he violated terms of his bond by contacting a former student, the alleged victim of sexual assault. According to the Longview News-Journal, Robert Craig Varnell was being held Monday in Gregg County Jail under $1.25 million bond after an earlier $500,000 bond was revoked by 124th District Court Judge Alfonso Charles. A hearing on a defense motion to reduce the increased bond is set for 1:30 Wednesday, with a trial date scheduled Nov. 12. Varnell is awaiting trial on charges of sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child stemming from incidents prosecutors say occurred from August 2007 to May 2011.

Varnell was re-arrested Sept. 14 after a bond revocation hearing in which Gregg County Assistant District Attorney Stacey L. Brownlee presented evidence Varnell had violated the conditions of his bond by contacting the alleged victim through email. According to court documents filed at the time of Varnell’s indictment, a 16-year-old boy told authorities Varnell had inappropriate physical contact with him numerous times from 2007 to 2011. The alleged contact detailed in the court documents first occurred at a computer lab at LeTourneau University, where Varnell was employed, when the boy was 13.

Later incidents allegedly occurred in the victim’s classroom at Foster Middle School, in Dallas, in Austin, at the boy’s residence, and at Holly Lake Ranch.

TYLER — One person is in custody in connection with a Tyler shooting that left one person injured. It happened just before 2:00 yesterday afternoon in the 900 block of Turner Drive. Police say Christopher Demetrious Crockett, 29, had been shot in the lower left arm. He was transported to a local hospital with a non-life threatening injury.

Witnesses told officers, a White Crown Victoria pulled up to the residence and several men got out of the vehicle to talk to people in the yard. After about 10 minutes, one person pulled a handgun and shot Crockett one time while he stood on the front porch.

Officers said the suspects jumped back into the vehicle and fled. Authorities located the vehicle a short time later. The occupants of the vehicle were transported to Tyler Police Department and questioned about their involvement in the shooting on Turner Street. Officers found a .22 caliber handgun in the front yard of the residence that is believed to be the weapon used in the shooting.

Upon further investigation detectives arrested Bennie Jewels Williams III, 20, Tyler. Williams was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and transported to Smith County Jail.

EAST TEXAS — East Texas Baptist University (ETBU) and Houston Baptist University (HBU) have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, asking the court for relief from the Department of Health and Human Services’ “preventative services” mandate. This forces the Christian Universities to violate their deeply held religious beliefs or pay severe fines, according to KETK.

“Baptists in America, by virtue of their history, are particularly sensitive to coercive government actions that infringe on religious liberty,” says Eric Rassbach, Deputy General Counsel for The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which filed suit this morning on behalf of the Universities. “America’s first Baptist leader, Roger Williams, had to flee Massachusetts and found a colony in Providence, Rhode Island, because his religious beliefs were not tolerated by the laws of Massachusetts. We shouldn’t have to fight for that same right today.”

ETBU’s and HBU’s religious convictions prevent them from providing their employees with access to abortion-causing drugs. The Universities’ lawsuit aims to preserve their religious liberty and the right to carry out their missions free from government coercion. The two Universities face fines of over $10 million per year, per institution, if they do not comply with the HHS mandate.

LUFKIN — The capital murder trial of Kerry Jock Woodard, a Lufkin sex offender accused in the December 2010 death of his girlfriend’s 3 year old son, started yesterday. According to KETK, Woodard’s case will be heard by an Angelina County jury in state district Judge Barry Bryan’s courtroom. Woodard was charged with capital murder in the beating death of Zi’Keishun “Zi” Lane, who was injured while in Woodard’s care while the child’s mother, Valerie Mosby, was at work.

Lane was rushed to a local hospital, and then airlifted to a Houston hospital, where he later died. His autopsy showed more than 100 bruises and liver damage. At the time of Woodard’s arrest, the Angelina County Sheriff’s Department called it the worst alleged child abuse death they’d seen.

CHEROKEE COUNTY — A 3-year-old boy is in the hospital after suffering third degree burns at his home in Cherokee County. Authorities with Child Protective Services tell KETK, they received a call on October 7th that the boy had been injured, and was in the hospital with burns on his chest, arms and torso. CPS arrived at the hospital and immediately took the boy and his 9 month old sibling into custody. The 9-month-old has been placed in a foster home. The 3-year-old boy is currently in a Dallas hospital undergoing treatment for his injuries. When he is released, he will join his sibling in foster care. CPS and the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the case for neglectful supervision. They are looking into what happened, how the burns occurred, and who was responsible for the children’s care at the time of the injuries.

MARSHALL (AP) — An East Texas school bus driver has been hurt in a wreck that left the vehicle on its side. Officials with the Marshall Independent School District say no students were on board when the bus was hit by a pickup truck Monday afternoon. Authorities say the bus was headed for an elementary school to pick up children after classes ended for the day. A district spokesman says the female driver, whose name hasn’t been released, managed to make a call for help while still trapped in the bus. She was treated at the scene and then transported to a hospital for treatment of injuries not believed to be life-threatening. Officials say the truck driver also required medical attention. Further details weren’t immediately available.