Fatal Weekend Wreck Left Two Dead

GREGG COUNTY — A Longview man and a Harleton teen were killed in a one-vehicle weekend crash after the driver swerved to miss an animal. Department of Public Safety officials said Jason Daniel Yaws, 15, and Andrew Philip Foster, 21, were pronounced dead at the scene. Foster’s brother, a passenger, was injured in the crash. According to the Longview News-Journal, DPS spokeswoman Sylvia Jennings said Foster was traveling eastbound on State Highway 154 shortly before 12:45 Saturday morning when the accident occurred. Jennings said Foster’s Chevy Malibu crossed into westbound traffic, then over-corrected and crossed back into the eastbound lane. The car struck a culvert, went airborne and struck a tree.

Foster’s brother, Aaron, and Yaws were passengers in the vehicle. Aaron Foster, 15, was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, where he was listed in stable condition with minor injuries, she said. Yaws was a student at New Hope Baptist Church Academy in Diana.