A 68-year-old East Texas woman is dead after a one-vehicle wreck Monday afternoon about four miles south of Hawkins.

Rita Schaaf, of Holly Lake Ranch, was pronounced dead at Christus Mother Frances Hospital.

The preliminary crash investigation shows Ms. Schaaf was traveling northbound on Farm-to-Market Road 14 in a 2010 Mercury MGL when she attempted to pass another vehicle and lost control, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety news release.

The Mercury struck the guardrail and came to a complete stop on its top in a creek bed.

A passenger in the vehicle, 70-year-old David Schaaf, also of Holly Lake Ranch, was taken to Christus Mother Frances Hospital, where he was in critical condition as of Tuesday afternoon.

The investigation was ongoing.

– Emily Guevara