Updated: 8:55 AM CDT May 7, 2021
PANOLA COUNTY, Texas The Department of Public Safety has reported a fatal crash that happened on US 79 N at 1:16 p.m. on Thursday. One driver died while two others reported no injuries.
The crash happened approximately three miles east of the city of Carthage in Panola County. The investigators preliminary report indicates that the driver of a 2014 Volvo truck towing a sesmi trailer was traveling north bound on US-79 when for an unknown reason, the driver of a 2019 Ford F550 traveling south on US-79, drifted into the north bound lanes and stuck the Volvo head on.
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From DPS: Yesterday at 1:16 PM, Troopers responded to a fatal crash on US 79 N, approximately three miles east of the city of Carthage in Panola County.
The investigator’s preliminary report indicates that the driver of a 2014 Volvo truck towing a semi-trailer was traveling northbound on US-79 when for an unknown reason, the driver of a 2019 Ford F550 traveling south on US-79, drifted into the northbound lanes and struck the Volvo head-on.