PORT ARTHUR, TX – Two people were hospitalized after being involved in a two-vehicle collision on State Highway 347 in Port Arthur this weekend, according to information from 12 News Now.
The crash happened on southbound SH-347 near mile marker 458 at about 8 a.m. Sunday, when the driver of a southbound 2010 Lincoln SUV swerved into the lanes of opposite, northbound traffic. There, the driver, who was identified as 48-year-old Port Arthur man Joel Espinosa, collided head-on with a 2018 Buick SUV.
Espinosa was taken to the hospital in Beaumont with life-threatening injuries.
The other driver, 52-year-old Brenda Posey, also from Port Arthur, sustained non-critical injuries in the crash and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Authorities continue to investigate the accident at this time.
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