Anderson County Fatality
Posted/updated on: August 31, 2011 at 2:21 am
PALESTINE – A wreck between a SUV and an 18-wheeler has left one person dead. The accident happened shortly after 12:45 Monday afternoon on U.S. Highway 79 one mile east of Palestine. Dead at the scene was Cheryl Diane Welch, 49, of Palestine. The Department of Public Safety reports her SUV crossed over into the oncoming lane of traffic and hit the 18-wheeler head on.