WOOD COUNTY, Texas — A Gilmer woman died early Sunday morning after her vehicle struck a tree in Wood County 11 miles east of Quitman.
Elke M. Wieland Sanchez,47,was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Impala east on FM 2088, when for an unknown reason, she failed to drive in a single lane and took faulty evasive action, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The car entered into a side skid and struck a tree in the south ditch, DPS said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.