Fatal Wood County Crash

State Troopers responded to a one-vehicle fatal crash on FM-312 in Wood County 2.5 miles south of the City of Winnsboro. Preliminary crash investigation shows that a 2003 GMC Sierra, driven by 48-year-old Timothy Huggins of Quitman, was traveling north on FM-312 at an unsafe speed. The driver failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway and traveled into the east ditch, striking a culvert causing the vehicle to become airborne and roll over. Huggins was unrestrained in the vehicle and was ejected. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Judge Cindy Weems, his body was taken to Beaty Funeral Home in Winnsboro.