SHELBY COUNTY – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) investigated a two vehicle major crash on the morning of 9-7-18 on US 59, just south of the City of

Teneha.

 

The preliminary investigation indicates at approximately 1:40 a.m. a 2017 Peterbilt truck tractor semi-trailer was traveling south on US 59. The Peterbilt reportedly swerved to the left to avoid a tree that had fallen into the roadway and drove into the northbound lanes and struck a 2002 Sterling truck tractor semi-trailer head-on.  The Sterling truck tractor semi-trailer then caught fire.

 

The driver of the Sterling truck tractor is identified as 68-year-old Joseph Cargal from Conroe, TX. Cargal was pronounced deceased at the scene by a Shelby County Justice of the Peace.

 

The driver if the Peterbilt is identified as 57-year-old David Forehand from El Lago, TX. Forehand was transported to a Nacogdoches hospital and later transported to a Tyler hospital for treatment.