East Texan Killed in ATV Wreck
Posted/updated on: June 20, 2011 at 3:31 pm
RUSK COUNTY — A Tatum man was killed Saturday afternoon in an all terrain vehicle crash in Rusk County. According to Department of Public Safety officials, Jeremy G. Garrett, 30, was traveling northwest on CR 2183, 3.9 miles east of Tatum at around 2 p.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve and his ATV left the roadway and struck a tree. Officials said Garrett was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, where he was later pronounced dead at about 3:15 p.m. He was not wearing a helmet when the crash occurred.
