Beaumont, TX : Jasper woman dies after car crashes and sinks into Angelina River on Friday, November 18th, 2016

A Jasper woman crashed into the Angelina River and died after being trapped in her car, Texas Department of Public Safety reports.

TxDPS received a report of a one-vehicle crash on FM 2799 in Jasper County on Friday, Nov 18, just before 8 p.m. The crash occurred just west of Jasper.

A 2006 Nissan passenger vehicle was traveling westbound on FM 2799. For an unknown reason, the driver traveled off the roadway into the Angelina River. The vehicle was submerged in the river and the driver was unable to get out. Both the driver and vehicle have since been recovered from the Angelina River.

The driver, identified as Jessica Lynn Tate, a 36-year-old female from Jasper, was pronounced dead at the crash scene by Justice of the Peace Holloway.

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Jasper woman dies after car crashes and sinks into Angelina River