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Lufkin pediatrician charged with Intoxication Manslaughter

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KTRE in Lufkin is reporting that a Lufkin pediatrician who has routinely practiced medicine here in Jasper has been charged with Intoxication Manslaughter and Intoxication Assault following a January 17th wreck that killed a man and injured a woman.

It happened on College Drive on the south side of Lufkin.

Lufkin Police say 65-year-old George Fidone was driving a Mercedes Benz when he collided with a Kia sedan. The crash killed the driver, 24-year-old DeMarcus Hadnot and the passenger, 24-year-old Paige Turner, was flown by medical helicopter to a Tyler Hospital.

https://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_d862bd48-3f10-484e-8e3e-50722254c935.html