20 year sentence for pedestrian death
Posted/updated on: May 9, 2026 at 10:07 pm
TYLER – A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a 2016 manslaughter case stemming from a fatal crash that killed a Tyler woman. Frank Brinkney Cobb pleaded guilty to manslaughter more than a decade after he struck 29-year-old Jessica Palma near the intersection of Gentry Parkway and North Albertson.
According to our news partner KETK and the Tyler Police Department, Palma was walking along the shoulder of Gentry when Cobb’s truck veered off the roadway and hit her. The vehicle then crashed into a tree. Both were taken to a local hospital, where Palma later died from her injuries.
Cobb was indicted in 2016 but was not arrested on the manslaughter charge until 2025. Throughout the case, records indicate he failed to appear in court.
