Constable Involved in Wreck

SMITH COUNTY — A Smith County Constable was involved in a three-vehicle wreck Friday morning. According to Smith County DPS officials, Precinct 4 Deputy Constable Bobby Sanders was driving southbound on Loop 323 when he attempted to make a left turn onto American Legion Road around 9:00. According to KETK, a driver in a Ford F-150 pickup truck heading northbound struck Sanders, pushing him into a Fed Ex delivery van that was waiting at the light on American Legion Road. Smith County Precinct 4 Constable John Smith said three people were taken to the hospital but were not seriously injured. Sanders was also checked at a Tyler hospital as a precaution but is expected to be okay. According to Smith County DPS authorities, Constable Sanders was at fault in the wreck.