Kountze killed in fatal two-car crash

A Hardin County woman died in a fatal two-vehicle crash on Oct. 18, on State Highway 326 near FM 421, north of Sour Lake.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the crash occurred when a 2017 Dodge Ram pickup that was traveling north on SH 326, for some unknown reason, crossed over the center line and hit a 2014 Buick SUV that was traveling south.

The driver of the Buick, Martha Suarez, 48, of Kountze, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of Dodge, 45-year-old Jennifer Stovall of League City, was transported by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.