Driver Hospitalized after Wreck
Posted/updated on: January 18, 2012 at 11:27 am
OVERTON — The driver of a tractor trailer was transported to an area hospital this morning after his rig went off the roadway and hit a tree near Overton. Department of Public Safety said the driver, Frances Robert Valdetero, 40, was traveling westbound on FM 850 at about 5:00 when the wreck occurred about a mile west of Overton. According to the Longview News-Journal online, when the rig hit the tree, the cab separated from the rest of the rig. Valedetero was transported to Trinity Mother Frances Medical Center in Tyler.
