One Killed in Rusk County Wreck

HENDERSON – A fatal Rusk County accident remains under investigation. The victim has been identified as Jerry Leath, 74, of Laird Hill. According to the Department of Public Safety report, Leath’s pickup was heading south when, f or some unknown reason, it left the roadway. The truck ran through a ditch and a barbed wire fence and then hit a tree. Leath was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident happened the accident happened shortly after 3:15 Sunday afternoon a couple of miles from Henderson.