Three people are undergoing treatment following a two-vehicle auto accident that occurred on Monday afternoon at the intersection of Recreational Road 255 and Highway 96, about 7 miles north of Jasper.
Firemen and others arrived at the scene at about 12:30 pm to find two people still trapped in vehicles and wreckage all over the road.
Upon their arrival, the volunteers of the Lake Rayburn Fire Department immediately went work and soon had rescued the driver of a Ford SUV and transferred her to an ambulance before she was transported to Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital. A female driver of the other vehicle, a Nissan SUV, was also freed and taken by ambulance to the hospital. Both were said to have serious injuries. However, a male passenger of the Ford was also taken to the hospital with what was said to be only minor injuries.
Recreational Road 255 was closed for some time as firemen and others tended to the injured and removed the wreckage from the highway. However, both the north and southbound lanes of Highway 96 remained open.
What caused the crash is not known and State Troopers are investigating the incident.
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