A woman died in a head-on crash on SH 103 at FM 1277 in San Augustine County, Texas after an 18-wheeler crashing in an attempt to prevent the initial crash.
The initial investigation shows at approximately 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, a 2016 Kia passenger car was traveling north on FM 1277 and failed to yield right of way from the stop sign and went into the path of 2008 GMC SUV that was traveling east on SH 103.
Lacy Reynolds, 18, from Colmesneil, was driving Kia. Reynolds was declared dead at the scene by a San Augustine County Justice of the Peace. A passenger in the Kia is identified as Kaitlyn Byrum, 17, also from Colmesneil. Byrum was flown to a Tyler hospital for treatment.
The driver of the GMC is, Joe Worry, 37, from San Augustine was taken to CHI St. Luke’s Hospital in Lufkin for treatment.
As investigators were investigating the initial car crash a Freightliner truck tractor semi-trailer was traveling east and took uncommon action to the right to prevent the initial crash and drove off the roadway to the right and hit a parked Chevrolet pickup.
