RUSK COUNTY, Texas — One person is dead after a major crash early Sunday morning in Rusk County.
According to the Rusk County Office of Emergency Management, the Texas Department of Public Safety, Overton Volunteer Fire Department and EMS were called to the scene of a one-vehicle crash on SH 42, just south of Kilgore, near CR 162, around 1 a.m.
The Texas Department of Public Safety says Fernando Baldazo, 22, of Kilgore, drifted off the roadway and attempted to overcorrect. He then crashed into a tree.
The investigation is ongoing.