One Dead in Harrison County Wreck

HARRISON COUNTY — 23-year-old Ronnie Joe Martin of Deberry has died in a Harrison County accident. Troopers responded around 1 p.m. Saturday to FM 9, 4.6 miles south of Waskom. Preliminary investigation revealed that Martin was traveling north at an unsafe speed for the curve in the roadway. The vehicle traveled onto the east right of way, overcorrected to the left, and slid sideways across the roadway, where it struck numerous trees and became engulfed in flames. The vehicle came to rest wedged between the trees facing northwest. Martin was pronounced dead at the scene.