Clemente Martinez-Mendez Injured in Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash on US 69 in Cherokee County
Clemente Martinez-Mendez Injured in Cherokee County Crash on US 69 near CR 1503
Clemente Martinez-Mendez Injured in Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash on US 69 in Cherokee County
Cherokee County, Texas (September 14, 2018) – One person was injured, and another was killed Thursday morning in a two-vehicle wreck in Cherokee County, north of Rusk, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.
The crash was reported at about 11:00 a.m. Thursday, September 13, on US 69, just north of CR 1503.
DPS said a 2006 GMC Canyon driven Nona Kay Bickerstaff,79, of Bullard, was heading southbound on the highway when it turned eastbound onto the crossover and tried to cross to the northbound side. Bickerstaff failed to yield the right of way, and her vehicle was struck in the right passenger side by a 2007 Kenworth truck operated by 33-year-old Clemente Martinez-Mendez, of Jacksonville.
Bickerstaff died at the scene. Martinez-Mendez was taken to UT Health-Jacksonville in stable condition.
An investigation is underway.
