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Crash in Lufkin

 

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers
investigated a two-vehicle injury crash Monday, Feb. 6, on US 59 approximately
one mile North of Lufkin.
 
The preliminary crash investigation indicates at approximately 3:35 p.m., a 2008
Ford tow truck was stopped on the northbound shoulder of US 59 when it made a
U-turn and was struck by a 2016 Chevrolet Texas Department of Criminal Justice
van.
 
The driver of the Ford is identified as 37-year-old Chad Lerche from Lufkin.
Lerche was not reported as injured during the crash.
The driver of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice van is identified as 29-
year-old Santana Cook from Ashdown, Arkansas. Cook and a passenger, 40-yearold
Latresse Sharp, from Hope, Arkansas were the only occupants in the vehicle.
Both Cook and Sharp were transported from the scene of the crash by Lufkin EMS
to CHI St. Luke’s Hospital in Lufkin with non-life threating injuries.
This crash remains under investigation. No additional information is available at
this time.
 

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