Wood County Man Dies In Upshur County Crash

Shortly after 6:00 Monday evening, State Troopers responded to a fatal crash on FM-2911, approximately 1.5 miles west of Big Sandy in Upshur County. The driver of a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling west on FM-2911 in Upshur County when he failed to drive in a single lane and slammed on his brakes, causing the vehicle to spin out, ending in the south side ditch of FM-2911. The pickup hit a concrete culvert and rolled. Judge Rhonda Welch pronounced the driver, Colton Jones, 30, of Hawkins, at the scene. They took Jones to Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer.