Debra Sue Cherry Killed in Tarkington Four-Vehicle Crash on FM 787 near CR 2184

Tarkington, Texas (February 18, 2023) – A woman was killed Tuesday night in a four-vehicle crash in Tarkington, according to the DPS.

The fatal crash happened around 6:00 p.m., on February 14, on FM 787 just west of CR 2184.

DPS said Amanda Michelle Austin, 38, of Thicket, and her 13-year-old female passenger were traveling westbound on the highway in a 2012 Dodge Ram when she veered into oncoming traffic and hit an eastbound 2022 Subaru Outback driven by Debra Sue Cherry, 69, of Rye.

The impact caused the Subaru to cross into the westbound lane and come to rest in the westbound shoulder, where it was struck by an eastbound 2021 GMC Acadia driven by Christina Elaine Bloore, 32, of Cleveland, and a westbound 2010 Toyota Tundra driven by Aiden Robert Sickler, 18, of Cleveland.

Cherry was airlifted to HCA Kingwood, where she later died.

Bloore was traveling with three small children – ages 2, 8, and 9. They were all taken to HCA Conroe with unknown injuries. Sickler and his passenger, Karson Ryan Jones, 17, were taken to HCA Cleveland with non-life-threatening injuries.

The authorities are investigating the crash.

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