Teenager Killed and Three Injured in Nacogdoches Two-Vehicle Crash on Main Street

Nacogdoches, Texas (November 1, 2023) – A teenager was killed and three other people were injured Monday evening in a two-vehicle crash in Nacogdoches, according to the police.

The fatal crash happened around 7:10 p.m., October 30, in the 4500 block of E. Main Street near Quail Ridge Road.

Police said a Dodge 1500 was traveling eastbound when it slowed down, tried to turn left onto Quail Ridge Road and was rear-ended by a Ford F-250 pulling a trailer loaded with another vehicle.

The force of the impact caused both vehicles to leave the roadway.

The Ford driver, a man, was uninjured in the crash.

An adult female driver and a juvenile in the left rear passenger seat of the Dodge were treated and released at the hospital. A 13-year-old in the front passenger seat of the Dodge was transported to a local hospital but was sadly pronounced dead. A juvenile in the right rear seat of the Dodge was airlifted to a Tyler hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The police are investigating the crash.

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