VEHICLE FATALITY

Texarkana Texas Police are investigating a fatality. Authorities were called to the 7600 block of University Avenue on a vehicle that had been driven into Bringle Lake. Officers were told by witnesses that a blue Ford Taurus that was traveling eastbound on University Avenue failed to stop at the end of a boat ramp and have went into the lake. Fire department rescuers located the vehicle submerged in approximately 7 feet of water with the driver still inside. Rescure personnel removed the driver who was identified as 51 year old Starlet Hazelwood of Texarkana, Texas. She was transported to Christus St. Michael Hospital where she was pronounced dead. This case is still being investigated at this time.