POLK COUNTY TX (KTRE) - Two people were injured when a pickup slammed into the back of an 18-wheeler on U.S. Highway 59 in Polk County Monday afternoon and then went off the road.
One person injured in the wreck was airlifted to a Conroe hospital.
According to a press release, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers responded to and investigated the wreck, which occurred about two miles south of FM 62 at about 3:30 p.m.
The preliminary crash report shows that Edward Johnson, 56, of Nacogdoches, was driving a 2008 Dodge pickup north on Highway 59 in the outside lane.
The two passengers in the pickup with Johnson, who was not injured in the wreck, were identified as Hope Williams, 54, and Etta Skinner, 48, both of Nacogdoches. A medical helicopter airlifted Williams to the Conroe Regional Hospital for treatment of her injuries.
The press released did not indicate that Skinner was injured in the wreck.
The driver of the Kenworth, Uriel Gonzalez, 30, of Chicago, Illinois, was taken to CHI Health St. Luke's Hospital in Livingston for treatment of possible injuries. A passenger in the Kenworth was not injured in the crash.