Gunter crews work two FM 121 crashes in a single day

Gunter Fire and Rescue volunteers responded to two separate vehicle crashes on FM 121 during a single day, the department said, including one wreck reported around midday that involved one reported injury.

The department described the two calls as distinct incidents rather than a single connected scene. By its account, both crashes happened on FM 121 in the Gunter area. The department reported one injury in connection with the midday wreck.

Several details were not part of the department's account. It did not state how many vehicles were involved in either crash, what caused them, or whether anyone was taken to a hospital. The account gave no exact times beyond noting that one call came around midday, and it did not specify a precise location along the route for either response.

The two calls fall within the regular duties of Gunter Fire and Rescue, which operates as a volunteer agency. The department says on its website that it has served the community since 1949 and counts rescue work at motor-vehicle crashes among the jobs its members are called to handle.

Responsibility for emergencies in and around Gunter is shared across more than one public-safety channel. The Gunter Police Department states on the city's website that it provides emergency services at all hours and routes police calls that go unanswered to the Grayson County Sheriff's Office. That arrangement indicates a crash in the area can draw on both city responders and county resources, depending on which agencies are dispatched and available. The police page does not state that the Sheriff's Office handled either FM 121 crash.

Gunter Fire and Rescue posted its account of the calls on its public Facebook page, where it regularly shares brief reports of the calls its crews answer. That posting served as the department's public notice of the day's responses.

Residents seeking more detail about either crash, including the condition of the injured person or any citations issued, would need to check with the responding agencies. That information was not included in the department's public account.