Robin Sphaler Seriously Injured in Fatal Crash at FM 753 and FM 59 in Henderson County
Robin Sphaler Hospitalized after Henderson County Car Crash at FM 753 and FM 59
Henderson County, Texas (June 25, 2022) – Robin Sphaler, 67, of Teague, was seriously injured after being involved in a crash that also left one person dead Friday morning in Henderson County.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the crash happened at about 10:15 a.m. Friday, June 24, at the intersection of FM 753 and FM 59. The area is about 4.4 miles southwest of Athens.
DPS said Christopher Spencer, 61, of Tyler, was driving a van westbound on FM 753 while Felix Rojas, 46, of Murchison, was driving a Freightliner truck tractor towing a 1997 Lufkin dump semi-trailer southbound on FM 59. Both were approaching the intersection of the two Farm to Market roads.
The van reportedly failed to yield right of way at a stop sign and was hit on the right side by the Freightliner. Due to the impact, both vehicles veered off the road into the west ditch, crashed through a barbed-wire fence, and ended up in a pasture.
Spencer was declared dead at the scene.
Sphaler, who was a passenger in the van, sustained life-threatening injuries and was taken to UT Health Tyler Hospital.
Rojas was checked by paramedics and released at the scene.
No other details about the crash were immediately provided.
The accident remains under investigation.
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