This article was originally published in The Examiner on Nov. 24, 2016.
By Eleanor Skelton
Staff Writer
A Jasper woman crashed into the Angelina River and died after being trapped in her car, Texas Department of Public Safety said in a news release.
Texas DPS received a report of a one-vehicle crash on FM 2799 in Jasper County on Friday, Nov. 18, just before 8 p.m. The crash occurred just west of Jasper.
A 2006 Nissan was traveling westbound on FM 2799. For an unknown reason, the driver traveled off the roadway into the Angelina River.
Because the vehicle was submerged in the river, the driver was unable to get out, according to Texas DPS.
Both the driver and vehicle have since been recovered from the Angelina River.
The driver, who was identified as Jessica Lynn Tate, 36, of Jasper, was pronounced dead at the crash scene by Justice of the Peace Holloway.
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