Longview Wreck Kills One
Posted/updated on: September 21, 2011 at 2:23 am
LONGVIEW – An Upshur County man has died in a weekend traffic accident in Longview. Killed was Franklin Walton, 87, of Gilmer. The accident happened just after 2:45 Sunday afternoon in the 3200 block of Dundee Road.
Investigators say the accident began when a Ford Expedition driven by Raina Romero, 32, of Longview, veered into oncoming traffic to avoid hitting another vehicle that had stopped in front of her. Romero’s vehicle hit head-on a vehicle driven by Jerri Fort, 44, of Gilmer. Walton was a back seat passenger in Fort’s vehicle. The drivers of both vehicles were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. The accident remains under investigation.
