Burkeville Fire Chief Charles Duckworth says a Houston woman was critically injured and was flown from the scene in a medical helicopter following a late Thursday morning crash involving a passenger car and logging equipment. Both the Burkeville and Newton Fire Departments responded to the accident, which occurred at about 10:00 on State Highway 63 at County Road 1047, about 5 miles west of Burkeville.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety Sergeant Shana Clark, 64-year-old Geraldine Rowe was driving a 2013 Mercedes Benz sedan westbound and was following a 1996 Kenworth truck that was pulling a log loader.
Clark said the Kenworth slowed to turn onto County Road 1047, and Rowe failed to control speed and slammed into the back of the big-rig.
Newton County Sheriff Robert Burby said Rowe had a significant leg injury along with other injuries, and she was flown to St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. There’s no word on her condition.
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Sergeant Clark said the driver of the truck, Louis Barnum, 58, of Warren, and his passenger, Dewey Eddins, 47, of Woodville, were not injured.
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