Victim in Whitehouse Fatal Identified; Man Arrested

WHITEHOUSE — Linda Jean Owens is identified as the person who died in a Saturday accident in Whitehouse, and there’s been an arrest in that case. KETK reports Owens, a passenger in one of the vehicles, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her husband, James Milton Owens, was driving at the time. The driver of the other vehicle, Eulacio Milan Garcia from Tyler (pictured), was arrested Wednesday morning at a local hospital for intoxicated manslaughter. He has been booked into Smith County Jail on $400,000 bond.

Three people were injured in the wreck, which happened just south of Cain Elementary on State Highway 110 just after 6:15 Saturday morning. The wreck is said to have occurred when a southbound car veered into the northbound lane and collided with a pickup hauling a trailer. The truck is said to have burst into flames. The injured were said to have been hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.