Teen Killed in Van Wreck Identified

TYLER (AP) – A recent high school graduate from Louisiana has been identified as the passenger killed when a church van crashed and rolled in East Texas. The Texas Department of Public Safety on Monday identified the victim as J’Marco Jewel Greenard, 19. DPS says the van blew a tire Saturday while eastbound on Interstate Highway 20, about 12 miles northeast of Tyler. Nine other passengers were hurt. Cotton Valley, La., High School Principal Beatha Brantley says Greenard graduated in May. DPS listed Greenard’s hometown as Arcadia, Texas., but Brantley says he was from Cotton Valley. DPS had no information on the van’s church affiliation. The Shreveport Times reports the van was from Mount Sariah Baptist Church in Cotton Valley. The church’s voice mail was full Monday and not accepting messages.