TX Man Larry Hall ID’d As Victim In Saturday FM-31 Single-Vehicle Crash Near Carthage

PANOLA COUNTY, TX (THECOUNT) — The Texas Department of Public Safety has identified, Larry Hall, of Carthage, TX, as the victim in fatal single-vehicle crash Saturday.

Hall, 43, was traveling through De Berry, TX, northbound on FM-31 in a 2018 SUV when he may have misjudged a slight curve while at maintaining an unsafe rate of speed, TDPS said in a released Monday.

His vehicle lost control, exited the roadway and then struck a tree before coming to rest in a ditch.

The driver, identified Monday as Hall, was ejected from the vehicle during the violent crash.

He was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries consistent with the crash.

Via Texas Department of Public Safety:

On Saturday, at approximately 9:54 PM, Troopers responded to a one vehicle fatal crash on FM-31 in Panola County, 16.9 miles southeast of the city of Carthage. Preliminary crash investigation shows that the driver of a 2018 GMC Sierra, Larry Alan Hall, 43 of Carthage was traveling northbound on FM 31 entering a slight left hand curve at an unsafe speed.

The vehicle entered the east bar ditch, struck a cement drainage culvert, overcorrected to the left entering the roadway then overcorrected to the right. The vehicle entered a left side skid and traveled into the east bar ditch again, where it struck a pine tree. Hall, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. He was transported to Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home in Carthage. The crash remains under investigation. source

The crash report noted Hall was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the wreck.

Anyone with possible information on the crash should contact police at 911.