Hopkins County Fatality
Posted/updated on: December 17, 2010 at 2:45 am
PICKTON — One person has been killed and one injured on State Highway 11 East in Pickton. The accident happened Wednesday morning. The Department of Public Safety identified the dead man as Melvin Bell, 74, of Sulphur Springs. Reports indicate Bell had drifted across the center of the highway and hit an oncoming pickup. This is the second fatal accident on Highway 11 East in as many days. A Tuesday morning crash killed Lou Dickey, 73, of Sulphur Springs.
