Van Zandt County Man Dies in an Anderson County Accident
Posted/updated on: November 3, 2016 at 3:50 pm
PALESTINE – An East Texas man is killed and another one injured in a two vehicle accident in Anderson County. The wrecked occurred Tuesday on U.S. Highway 79, 17 miles north of Palestine. Dead at the scene was Dickie Lynn Duckworth, 49, of Wills Point. In stable condition at Palestine Regional Medical Center is Virgil Ray Dillard, 59, of Elkhart. The Department of Public Safety says that Duckworth’s truck and trailer jackknifed, hitting Dillard’s truck. Duckworth’s truck and the manufactured home it was hauling both caught fire.
