Man Charged in Wife’s Death

LUFKIN — A Lufkin man was arrested Saturday in connection with the death of his wife in motorcycle accident. Jesse Robert Huerta, 48, was booked into the Angelina County Jail on a charge of intoxication manslaughter, a second-degree felony.

According to an arrest affidavit, just after midnight on June 3, Huerta and his wife Maria, 42, left Wild Willies night club on his motorcycle and headed westbound on Frank Avenue. Huerta told police he thought he saw oncoming headlights in his lane. However, officers found no evidence that a vehicle was in his lane at the time of the accident. Huerta reportedly swerved and lost control, throwing the couple off the bike at Frank Avenue and Lufkin Avenue. When police arrived they found Maria unresponsive and transported her to Memorial Medical Center. She died later that morning from injuries sustained in the accident. Neither were wearing helmets.