Crash kills practitioner and teacher
Posted/updated on: April 23, 2026 at 3:49 pm
LONGVIEW – UPDATE: Just days after the crash that killed a Longview teacher and a nurse practitioner, Joel Mack’s final act of generosity is unfolding: in less than 24 hours, his organs will be donated to save others.
Newly released details from the Texas Department of Public Safety shed light on the U.S. Highway 259 crash that killed a Longview nurse practitioner and a Longview ISD teacher last weekend. Our news partners at KETK report that the collision occurred at around 3 a.m. on Sunday in the Diana area, involving Longview ISD teacher Kimberly Law and Hospitality Health ER nurse practitioner Joel Mack, DPS confirmed.
Law was allegedly driving south on the northbound lane of U.S. 259 when she struck Mack’s vehicle, which was driving north in the same lane, a preliminary investigation revealed. Law was pronounced dead at the scene and Mack was transported to a local hospital for his injuries where he later died.
