Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed in Two-Vehicle Wreck

Etoile, TX (5/11/2021) – A two-vehicle accident killed a driver Tuesday in Nacogdoches County.

The accident happened on Highway 103 at FM 95 between a Kenworth tractor-trailer hauling lumber and a pickup truck. The pickup made an unsafe turn in front of the rig and was then struck in the driver’s side. The rig traveled off the roadway and hit a tree.

The driver of the rig, 54-year-old Kenedy Edwards, was killed at the scene.

The driver of the pickup was sent to the hospital.

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Source: KTBS, CBS19

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