Fatal Wreck in Nacogdoches County
Posted/updated on: August 29, 2012 at 1:52 pm
NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches County DPS tells KETK that one person has died after the passenger vehicle he was driving collided with a logging truck around 6:30 Tuesday morning. DPS says the logging truck was pulling onto Highway 59 at Farm Road 2782, about halfway between Lufkin and Nacogdoches, when it was struck on its side by the other vehicle. The victim has been identified as Catarino Perez of Diboll, 56. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the logging truck, Jerome Bryant, 37, was not injured. At this time, no charges have been filed; however, the crash is still under investigation.
