Lindale man gets life sentence in violent wreck

TYLER — A Lindale man has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty on Friday to two counts of murder in the deaths of his ex-girlfriend and another man. According to our news partner KETK, David Reed, 41, was arrested after a violent wreck last December that killed 26-year-old Shelby Duarte and 43-year-old Timothy Nelson Jr. They died after they were hit by a truck driven by Reed. An arrest warrant obtained at the time by KETK News said Reed was also trying to blow himself up and had loaded his vehicle with propane tanks. Investigators at the scene found that Reed drove his white pickup into a camper trailer, which destroyed it. Duarte and Nelson were thrown 65 feet as a result of the crash, hitting the front of a house. The warrant said Duarte had recently left Reed and that he was the subject of several cases of alleged abuse against her, including kidnapping and assault.