By Jamie Nash / Video by Scott Engle
June 22, 2009
State Troopers are searching for a hit-and-run vehicle that caused the death of 60-year-old Ricky James Carleton of Cleveland and seriously injured his wife, Janice Alexander Carleton around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday near Cut-and-Shoot.
A gold Dodge Intrepid, bearing Texas license plate PVP600, was traveling southbound on Willis Waukegan to Highway 105, where the vehicle ran the stop sign then stopped 
in the westbound lane of Highway 105, directly in the path of a GMC Yukon.
The Yukon swerved left then back to the right, attempting to avoid a collision, which caused the SUV to start flipping. The Intrepid did not stop.
Janice Carleton, 60, was driving with her husband was seated behind her. They were rushed to Conroe Regional Medical Center where Ricky Carleton was pronounced dead on arrival.
The hit and run driver remains at large.
Anyone who has information about this SUV or it's driver should call DPS at (936) 442-2831, The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office at (936) 760-5800 or dial 911.
