PINE FOREST, Texas — A 19-year-old woman was taken to the hospital on a medical helicopter after a single-vehicle crash near Vidor Sunday evening.
The preliminary investigation indicates that on July 9, 2023 at around 4:50 p.m., a 2009 Honda Accord was traveling east.
It is reported that the driver was traveling at an unsafe speed and traveled into the south ditch, where she struck a concrete culvert, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The driver, identified as 19-year-old Haylee Obrian of Vidor, was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital for treatment.
Officials had to use the jaws of life to get Obrian out of her vehicle, according to a Orange County deputy on scene.
The investigation is ongoing.
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