Christina Johnson Hospitalized after State Highway 62 Accident

Orange County, Texas (April 15, 2022) – A Louisiana woman was killed and a Bridge City woman was hospitalized after a head-on crash in Orange County Tuesday night, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The collision occurred at about 11:35 p.m. on April 12 on State Highway 62, about half a mile north of Orange.

The DP said Stephanie Smith, 48, of Dequincy, was driving a 2017 Ford car southbound on State Highway 62 when she drifted across the center median into the northbound lane and collided head-on with an oncoming 2011 Ford driven by Christina Johnson, 29, of Bridge City.

Johnson was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital in unknown condition.

Smith was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

An investigation into the crash is ongoing.

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