Colmesneil man and passenger injured in Polk County crash

A Tyler County man and a passenger riding with him are both undergoing treatment following a major accident near Livingston. Polk County Today is reporting that it occurred at about 12:30 Monday afternoon in Camden, about 20 miles northwest of Woodville. The report said Clayton Flanigan, 18, of Colmesneil, was driving a 1999 Chevrolet pickup truck when he entered a curve too fast and crossed the center line. The front driver side of the pickup truck collided head-on with the trailer of an 18-wheeler, which was driven by Christopher Lilley, 52, of Nacogdoches. According to the report, The Corrigan Fire Department had to use the jaws-of-Life to free Flanigan from the pickup truck, and then both he and the passenger were transported to a Livingston hospital. Meanwhile, workers were busy cleaning up a load of plywood that came off of the trailer as a result of the collision.  The Texas Department of Public Safety said Flanigan would receive a citation for Failure to Maintain a Single Lane of Traffic.