Three people injured in two vehicle auto accident north of Jasper

Three people received what was thought to be non life threatening injuries when a Chevrolet sedan and a GMC pick up truck collided about four miles north of Jasper on Highway 96 on Wednesday evening. The volunteers of the Lake Rayburn Fire Department and other emergency crews were dispatched to the location shortly before 8:00, when it was reported that the accident had occurred just north of Horton Hlll. The firemen and others arrived to find pieces of debris scattered across the highway and the pick up truck upside down in the median area of the highway. However, passing motorists had already helped the driver of the pick get out of the vehicle. The driver of a late model GMC Sierra pickup and the two occupants of the car were transported by ambulance to Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital, where they were at last word, still undergoing treatment. None of the names of individuals involved or other information has been released as troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety continue to investigate the accident, which blocked one of the northbound lanes of Highway 96 for some time.