Just after 6:30p.m. a 79-year-old woman identified as Dorothy Gandy of Magnolia was driving west on Nichols Sawmill Road a few miles west of Roberts Cemetery when she crossed the center line for unknown reasons and struck a Ford Excursion driven by Stormy Fish of Waller head on. Fish was not injured in the crash.
One of the witnesses told DPS that he too was almost hit by the woman but was able to avoid the crash.
Judge Masden order the victim be sent to Dallas for an autopsy.