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Woman Injured in Two-Vehicle Accident

A woman was injured in a crash near Huntington on the morning of Tuesday, December 16, 2008, which temporarily closed down the U.S. Highway 69 and caused a traffic back up south of Huntington.

The woman was taken to the hospital for treatment for her injuries, following a crash between two large trucks.  According to police, Jewel Buler, a 20-year-old man, was turning northeast onto U.S. 69 when his white Dodge 4x4 was hit on the driver’s side by a red Chevy truck with Oklahoma license plates that was heading southwest at Marshall Ivy Road in between Huntington and Zavalla.

Emergency personnel responded to the car accident and carried the Chevy driver, a woman whose name and age was not released at the time of the article, by stretcher to an ambulance.  She was transported to Memorial Health System of East Texas.  The woman’s husband was also in the vehicle, but was able to walk around the crash scene right after the accident.

At the time of the crash, the weather conditions made it difficult to see.  It was cold and foggy due to a recent cold front that had blown in the previous evening. 

"I was pulling out and I looked left and then I looked right.  I didn't see anyone coming and then they were right there. I guess they were in my blind spot."  Buler said.

Trooper David Hendry from the Texas Department of Public Safety said that Buler did not yield to the other truck.  Hendry said that they do not assign fault at the scene of the accident, but Buler’s failure to yield to the truck will be considered as a contributing factor in the crash.

The original article regarding this accident was titled “Woman Injured in Two Vehicle Accident Tuesday near Huntington,” and can be found on LufkinDailyNews.com.

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