Posted 4:12 pm Thursday, March 21, 2013
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UPDATE: Tyler woman, 18, in now in fair condition after crash
UPDATED Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 4:12 p.m. CDT
Katelin Sikes, 18, of Tyler has been upgraded to fair condition at East Texas Medical Center — Tyler.
Ms. Sikes’s car was t-boned and then struck a pole at the intersection of 5th and Golden Wednesday evening.
She was transported by ambulance with a head injury, according to police at the scene.
The driver of the other car was uninjured.
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Ms. Sikes’s car was t-boned and then struck a pole at the intersection of 5th and Golden Wednesday evening.
She was transported by ambulance with a head injury, according to police at the scene.
The driver of the other car was uninjured.
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An 18-year-old Tyler woman is in critical condition with a head injury following a two-vehicle wreck Wednesday night.
Sgt. Paul Robeson, with the Tyler Police Department, said the accident happened at 7:10 p.m. in the intersection of Fifth Street and Golden Road.
He said witnesses reported the white Pontiac Grand Am, driven by the injured woman, was headed west on Fifth Street and ran the red light at the intersection.
He said witnesses reported the white Pontiac Grand Am, driven by the injured woman, was headed west on Fifth Street and ran the red light at the intersection.
Her car was T-boned by an oncoming Hyundai Sonata traveling north on Golden Road. The Sonata had the green light, he said.
Robeson said the two crashed in the middle, and the Pontiac then hit a pole at the intersection
The Tyler Fire Department used the Jaws of Life to get her out of the car, and she was taken by ambulance to a Tyler hospital.
He said she is listed in critical condition.
The sun may have been a factor in the crash, blinding the woman and making it to where she could not see, Robeson said.
Robeson said the two crashed in the middle, and the Pontiac then hit a pole at the intersection
The Tyler Fire Department used the Jaws of Life to get her out of the car, and she was taken by ambulance to a Tyler hospital.
He said she is listed in critical condition.
The sun may have been a factor in the crash, blinding the woman and making it to where she could not see, Robeson said.
