Ricardo Quezada Killed, Karen Wallace Hospitalized after Upshur County Two-Vehicle Crash on FM 726 near SH 300
Upshur County, Texas (October 17, 2018) – One person was killed, and another was injured Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash in Upshur County, according to the DPS.
The fatal accident occurred October 15, on FM 726 near SH 300.
DPS said Ricardo Refugio Quezada, 25 of Gilmer was driving eastbound on FM 726 and tried to cross SH 300 and failed to yield the right of way to a car operated by 50-year-old Karen Yvette Wallace, of Gilmer, resulting in a collision.
Both Quezada and Wallace were taken to Good Shepard Hospital-Longview where Quezada later died.
Wallace was treated and released from the hospital.
An investigation is underway.