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The Texas Department of Public Safety says a 16-year-old driver underwent treatment at Jasper Memorial Hospital following a Thursday evening crash. It happened at about 5:00 on Highway 96 at County Road 317, about 6 miles north of Kirbyville.
According to DPS Sergeant Shana Clark, the teen was driving a 2014 Ford pickup truck northbound at an unsafe speed during heavy rainfall and hydroplaned into the east ditch.
Sergeant Clark said the driver received a citation for Traveling at an Unsafe Speed.
