1 DEAD IN SMITH
COUNTY, TEXAS 18-WHEELER TRAILER TRUCK CRASH.
THE DRIVER WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.
Posted: Jan 06, 2015 3:16 PM EST Updated: Jan 06, 2015
3:16 PM EST
TYLER (KYTX) - The driver of a semi-truck is dead after
he lost control of his vehicle while towing another tractor-trailer.
Department of Public Safety reports 50-year-old Jeffrey
Paul Ewald of Tyler was
pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace
Pct. 1 Quincy Beavers.
Ewald was traveling west on FM 2908, and failed to stop
at the intersection of Hwy. 271 running off the left side of the road.
The fatal wreck occurred Monday, January 5, 2015 at
10:30 p.m., about two miles north of Tyler in Smith County.
Ewald was not wearing a seat belt according to DPS
Troopers.
The accident is under investigation.