Wood County Crash Claims Woman’s Life

Troopers responded to a fatal crash Friday night at 8:45 on FM-852, 0.5 miles southeast of Winnsboro in Wood County. The investigator’s preliminary report indicates that the driver of a 2009 Nissan Versa, Judith Sutton Hughes, 76, of Winnsboro, was traveling southeast on FM-852. For an unknown reason, the vehicle left the roadway to the south and struck a tree. She was pronounced at the scene by Judge Weems and taken to Beaty Funeral Home in Winnsboro. The crash remains under investigation.