One Dead in Major Wreck Near Eastman Chemical Plant

LONGVIEW — One person is dead following an accident near the Eastman plant in Gregg County. The Department of Public Safety says a woman truck driver was traveling west on the service road on the south side of Interstate Highway 20 near mile marker 596 between Eastman Road and the Eastman plant entrance. The truck left the roadway and went into a ditch, where it hit a concrete culvert and flipped into the creek. The truck was upside down and completely underwater. The driver, who was the only occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene. There was no immediate word on the victim’s identity pending family notification.