The DPS reports a Kountze man died yesterday afternoon in a two vehicle wreck in Hardin
County. 48-year old Enrique Gonzales was a passenger in a vehicle that turned in front of an
oncoming vehicle on FM 1293 in the Honey Island community. Gonzales was transported to the
hospital where he died. The driver of the car he was in, 83-year old John Prince of Kountze,
sustained serious injuries. A 13-year old passenger in the second vehicle was airlifted to Texas
Children’s Hospital in Houston with serious injuries.