Nacogdoches Woman Killed in Fatal U.S. 59 Two-vehicle Crash in Appleby

Nacogdoches, Texas (December 7, 2017) – A Nacogdoches woman was killed on Wednesday in a grisly crash with an 18-wheeler on U.S. 59 in Appleby , according to Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office.
The fatal crash happened on Wednesday, December 6 on U.S. Highway 59 in front of Tom’s Grocery Store in Appleby.
Deputies said 22-year-old Elizabeth Gomez of Nacogdoches drove a 1997 GMC pickup out of Tom’s Grocery Store parking lot into the path of an 18-wheeler driven northbound on Highway 59 by a 62-year-old Rusk man.
The 18-wheeler struck the driver’s side of the pickup.
Gomez was rushed to a Nacogdoches hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The driver of the 18-wheeler was not injured in the crash.
The crash is under investigation.
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