On January 11th, 2018 at 7:20 a.m. a single vehicle wreck occurred on FM 711 involving a 2002 Doge Ram truck driven by Allen Joseph McSwain 32 of Center.
McSwain was traveling north and fell asleep while driving ran off the road striking several trees and was ejected from the vehicle landing in a ditch.
McSwain was transported to the Center Emergency Room before being transferred to a hospital in Tyler. He was later given a citation for failure to drive in a single lane. There were no other passengers or vehicles involved.