ANGELINA COUNTY – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded to a report of a one vehicle crash yesterday evening on Scotty Beard Road, just east of FM 842. 
The preliminary crash investigation indicates at approximately 7:45 p.m., a 1991 Chevrolet pickup was traveling east when the it drove off the roadway to the right, overcorrected to the left where it crossed back over the roadway and struck a tree. 
The driver is identified as 49-year-old Alejandro Garcia from Lufkin. Garcia was pronounced deceased at the scene by an Angelina County Justice of the Peace. 
A passenger with Alejandro was transported to CHI St. Luke’s Hospital in Lufkin and later transported to Hermann Hospital in Houston for treatment. 
This crash remains under investigation. No additional information is available at this time.