Victim’s Name Released in Highway 79 Wreck

EAST TEXAS — Authorities have released the name of a man now said to have been critically injured in a Tuesday morning wreck that closed a bridge on U.S. Highway 79. KETK has learned that Edwin Dolan, 76, from Jacksonville, was in a Honda Civic involved in the crash. Dolan remains hospitalized in critical condition. Officials reopened the bridge Wednesday morning. It had been expected to be closed until Wednesday afternoon at the Anderson/Cherokee County line, between Palestine and Jacksonville. Officials say an oversized semi crashed through the guardrail on the bridge. TxDOT’s Larry Krantz says it was part of a convoy, and Dolan was airlifted to the hospital.