One Dead in Upshur County Wreck
Posted/updated on: June 15, 2016 at 10:44 am
UPSHUR COUNTY — A Longview man is dead in a crash around 11:35 Monday morning on U.S. 259 near Diana in Upshur County. According to DPS Trooper Jean Dark, preliminary investigation revealed that a pickup was traveling southbound in the outside lane of travel at an unsafe speed for the wet road conditions, lost control, and skidded off the roadway to the right. The vehicle struck several trees with its left side. The driver, 25-year-old Marco Arcos-Martinez, was pronounced dead at the scene. Dark said he was not wearing his seatbelt.
