Lufkin Woman in Tyler Hospital after Wreck

LUFKIN — A Lufkin woman was in critical condition in a Tyler hospital following a two-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 59. Maria Cordero, 43, is being treated at East Texas Medical Center-Tyler according to Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Phillip Richard. Cordero was northbound on Highway 59 north in her 2004 Ford Mustang around 4:45 Monday afternoon when she clipped a Toyota Rav-4 driven by Jaime Sifuentes, 30, of Nacogdoches. Upon clipping the side of Sifuentes’ SUV, Cordero over-corrected, lost control and hit a metal fence in front of a home facing the highway.

After slamming into the fence, her car came to rest on its passenger side, pinning her inside the vehicle. Cordero was wearing her seat belt. Sifuentes was uninjured in the accident.