1 dead in Cherokee County head-on wreck

A Gilmer man is dead after a head-on wreck in Cherokee County.
Published: Mar. 19, 2023 at 10:43 AM CDT

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A Gilmer man is dead after a head-on wreck in Cherokee County.

According to a DPS report, Matthew John Brown, 36, was driving north on SH 135 about five and a half miles southwest of Jacksonville Thursday. The report said Tommy Wayne Kerzee, 51, of Jacksonville, was traveling south when the two collided head-on.

Kerzee was taken to a nearby hospital for non-incapacitating injuries, and Brown was pronounced dead at the scene, DPS said.

The report states this investigation is ongoing, and no additional information is available at this time.