3 TRUCK COLLISION LEAVES 1 DECEASED, CEDAR POINT TEXAS, 01/18/24...

3 Truck Collision, 1 Deceased, CEDAR POINT, January 18, 2024 - At approximately 2:15 pm on January 18, 2024, a three vehicle accident occurred on US-190 West. The collision claimed the life of an Onalaska woman, and sent the other drivers to the hospital. A dark green GMC Sierra, driven by Joan Roach, 59, of Onalaska was west-bound on US-190 West. Roach was waiting to make a left turn (just east of the Cedar Point Subdivision) when she was slammed from behind by a tan 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 pickup driven by Lena Dickerson, 25, of Onalaska. The impact knocked Roach's vehicle into the east-bound lane and she was slammed again (glancing head on) by a white Chevy Silverado driven by Phillip Wilkinson, 65, of Splendora. Roach's vehicle and Dickerson's vehicle's came to rest on the pavement while Wilkinson's vehicle left the pavement to the right and came to rest in a parking area. Allegiance Ambulance Service was dispatched to the scene along with the Onalaska Volunteer Fire Department, Deputies from the Polk County Sheriff's Office, Game Wardens and Troopers Sean Barnes, Nick Hatton, and Sergeant Allen Stanton with the Texas Highway Patrol. Joan Roach was killed on impact. Dickerson and Wilkinson were both transported by ambulance to CHI Livingston Memorial Hospital with undisclosed injuries. All traffic was blocked during investigation and cleanup. Justice of the Peace, Terri Mayer filed an inquest at the scene. A first-call car from Pace Funeral Home transported Roach from the scene. All three vehicles were recovered by George White & Sons Wrecker Service out of Onalaska. This accident remains under investigation by the Texas Highway Patrol.

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