53 year old John Edward Noonan, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, rolled this 2004 Chevy Tahoe off US-59 South near Marston Road.
Driver Rolls SUV, Hospitalized, LIVINGSTON, August 8, 2017 - At approximately 1:35 pm on August 8, 2017, a blue 2004 Chevy Tahoe, driven by John Edward Noonan, III, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, was south-bound on US-59. Noonan's vehicle struck the back of a south-bound 18 wheeler, driven by Michael Jeffrey Cummings, 55, of Jefferson City, Missouri. The impact caused Noonan to lose control of his vehicle as he left the pavement to the right, struck a culvert embankment and rolled at least two times. Noonan's vehicle came to rest upright in the grass. Allegiance Ambulance Service was dispatched to the scene along with the Livingston Volunteer Fire Department Heavy Rescue Unit, Sergeants Glenn Edwards, Terry White, and Captain John Sanders with the Polk County Sheriff's Office, and Trooper Ashlee White with the Texas Highway Patrol. Firemen were able to cut into the vehicle of Noonan and safely remove him from his vehicle. Noonan was loaded into and transported by ambulance to CHI Livingston Memorial Hospital with undisclosed injuries. Cummings was not injured. Traffic on the south-bound side was blocked during investigation and cleanup. This accident remains under investigation Trooper White with the Texas Highway Patrol. A rollback wrecker from Ken's Towing recovered Noonan's vehicle and it will be stored at Harrison Body Shop in Livingston.
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55 year old Jeffrey Cummings, of Jefferson City, Missouri, was driving the 18 wheeler. The bottom left of the 18 wheeler shows where the rig was impacted by Noonan's vehicle.
Noonan's vehicle was recovered by Ken's Towing.
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