Texas Department of Public Safety Sergeant Richard Standifer has released details about a weekend crash in the northern end of Tyler County. It happened during the noon hour Saturday on U.S. Highway 69 at Recreational Road 255, just north of Colmesneil.

According to Sergeant Standifer, 38-year-old Heath Humberson, of Tyler, was driving westbound on RR-255 and failed to yield right-of-way at the stop sign. Standifer said Humberson pulled out in front of a 2020 Acura RDX, which was northbound on Highway 69 and driven by Jill Karnickie, 49, of Houston.

The two vehicles collided, resulting in Humberson being trapped. The Colmesneil and Woodville Fire Departments used the Jaws-of-Life to free him and he was then flown from the scene by medical helicopter to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.

Humberson reportedly had significant, but non-life threatening injuries.

Standifer said Karnickie was treated for minor injuries at the scene and did not require hospitalization.

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