Fatal Wreck in Cherokee County
Posted/updated on: February 5, 2012 at 5:15 pm
RUSK – A one vehicle accident in Cherokee County has left one person dead. The accident occurred about 5:45 Thursday afternoon on U.S. Highway 69, just over 2 miles north of Alto. Dead at the scene was Lindsey Oliver, 30, of Rusk.
The Department of Public Safety says she was heading south when her pickup veered off the road and into the median. She is said to have overcorrected. Going back across both southbound lanes and overturning. Oliver, who was not wearing a seat belt, was partially ejected from the vehicle.
