Two Dead in Wreck
Posted/updated on: July 15, 2011 at 2:31 am
TYLER — Two Houston women have been killed and two people critically injured in a one-vehicle crash early Thursday morning in Smith County. DPS says it happened at 2:05 a.m. on State Highway 31, six miles east of Tyler. The car was driven by Ashton Ford of Tyler. The deceased are identified as Tiffany Ford, 21, and Yolanda Graham, 37, both pronounced dead at scene. Injured are Kwan Ford, 35, of Tyler, and Kadie Powell, 19, of Tyler. Both were listed in critical condition with blunt force trauma at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. Authorities say the car was eastbound when it passed another vehicle, lost control, ran off the road, and overturned. None of the victims was wearing a seat belt.
