MADISONVILLE—Maureen Fulton, 77, of Huntsville, died in a crash on Monday in Madisonville.
The Texas Department of Public Safety reported the incident occurred around 9:15 a.m. when a FedEx tractor-trailer overturned on northbound Interstate 45 near the Madison-Walker County line.
Authorities stated the truck, driven by a 30-year-old man, approached slowed traffic at an unsafe speed. The driver swerved into another lane to avoid hitting a vehicle ahead, striking several other vehicles in the process. One of those vehicles was a 2019 Jeep Wrangler driven by Fulton.
Emergency responders pronounced Fulton dead at the scene.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.