Lufkin Woman’s Death Investigated

LUFKIN – Lufkin police continue their investigation of the death of a woman who was struck by a car while standing in a driveway. Iris Simmons Rigsby, 75, of Lufkin, was pinned between two cars in a driveway on James Street early Thanksgiving afternoon. She died the next day at a Lufkin hospital. Another woman hot by the car suffered minor injuries and was treated and released from the hospital. The car was driven by J.W. Samuel, 78, of Beaumont. He told investigators he accidently hit the gas instead of the brake.