Roxanna Hagan White Passes Away In Hospital

A woman died in a hospital Wednesday after being critically injured in a car crash Monday morning on U.S. Highway 69 near Tram Road. Roxanna Hagan White, 40, was on her way to take care of a friend’s elderly mother Monday morning when a vehicle failed to stop and hit her vehicle. White was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck but miraculously she was revived on the way to Christus Hospital Saint Elizabeth. White then finally passed away at 10:34 p.m. Wednesday night. According to doctors, White had very low brain activity due to the lack of oxygen…

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A local man was killed after he drove off US 59 South in Nacogdoches County and struck a candle shop on Tuesday. The accident occurred at 10:55 a.m. five miles south of Nacogdoches. Bill Johnson, 84, was heading north when his 2003 Toyota Tacoma left the road, flipped and crashed into the side of a building. Johnson was pronounced dead 2:20 p.m. at a Nacogdoches hospital. According to the DPS report, he was wearing a seatbelt. The owner of Fine Candles, Mary Douglas, said Johnson ran a watermelon stand close to the establishment. He and his younger brother Don have…

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The Round Rock Police Department is asking anyone with information about a deadly crash in Round Rock on Monday to come forward. James Harvey Graham, 59, was killed in a collision at 6:40 a.m. on the intersection of Interstate 35 service road and Hester’s Crossing. He was heading west as he crossed the intersection when a northbound 18-wheeler T-boned his car. Graham was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was injured. The cause of the accident is under investigation. The police does not know which vehicle was at fault. If you have information, please call (512) 218-5538. You can also submit…

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A motorcycle driver and his passenger were both killed in an accident on Amarillo Boulevard Monday afternoon. Police said the crash occurred just after 1:00 p.m. in the 5400 block of Amarillo Boulevard East when a 1997 Chevrolet pickup pulling a flatbed trailer failed to yield right of way and turned in front of the motorcycle. Jeremy Mark Whisennand, 36, and passenger, Lakeeta Lavonne Chase, 28, struck the trailer. They were both sent to an Amarillo hospital where they later died of injuries suffered in the crash. Both were originally from Oklahoma but they had been staying in Amarillo. Police said neither were…

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A Lago Vista man was killed while riding his motorcycle in Cedar Park Sunday afternoon. It was Jerrell Coker’s 66th birthday when the crash happened. Coker was riding his bike when he crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a Ford Expedition head on. The incident occurred just after 12 p.m. Sunday on Anderson Mill Road near Gasper Bend. Coker was pronounced dead at the scene. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, This is the first traffic fatality for the city of Cedar Park for 2012.

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A woman was dead and another injured in a two vehicle collision near the Limestone and Freestone County line Saturday morning. The incident happened around 11:20 a.m. at the intersection of County Roads 971 and 930. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, a 2006 Cadillac driven by Sabrina Lynn Brewer, 35, smashed into a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Brewer died at the scene of the wreck. Ashley Dawn Lerma, 25, who was driving the Jeep, was taken to Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia with minor injuries. She was later released from the hospital. Both women were wearing their…

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Brownsville police are investigating the deadly accident that killed a man over the weekend. It was 6 a.m. Sunday when Cesar Abundez, 31, died in a crash at the 6000 block of Highway 48. Investigators are identifying the cause of the wreck. Rains may have played a factor in the fatal accident. Another vehicle may have also been involved. The fatal accident remains under investigation.

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Separate motorcycle accidents Saturday on F.M. 60 in Burleson County killed two people and seriously injured one. At 4:40 p.m. outside of Lyons, the motorcycle operated by Gordon Allen Hakins, 61, of Coupland, ran off the road and hit a sign. The retiree died at the scene. Texas Department of Public Safety said Hatkins was not wearing a helmet. The second crash happened around 7 p.m. when a car hit a motorcycle at the intersection of State Park Road 57 and F.M. 60. Hugh Jeff Davis, 53, of Caldwell, was turning onto State Park Road 57 on his motorcycle when…

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A business woman and tourism official is fine after an SUV crashed through the wall and into her office. Mary Ramos was inside her office in East Texas Tourism on 400 block of North Center Street when a Nissan Rogue SUV slammed into the office and pounded a credenza over her. She was pinned underneath her desk and an employee helped pull her out. Ramos is the president of East Texas Tourism. She walked away with some scratches and bruises.  She was taken to a local hospital for x-rays and is said to be okay. The driver of the Rogue…

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A roll over crash Thursday in Oldham County claimed the life of a Clovis man. According to Texas Department of Public Safety officials, it was 9 a.m. when a 2003 Ford F-150 was going in an unknown direction on Interstate 40. The vehicle moved into the center median and hit a cable barrier. The driver, identified as Taylor Wade Victor, overcorrected to the right, causing the pickup to roll over twice. Victor was ejected from his vehicle and was pronounced dead the scene. He was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt. DPS is still investigating the fatal wreck.

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