Tyler Police Investigate 9th Fatality Crash of the Year

TYLER — Tyler police are issuing a safety advisory after working a fatality crash — the city’s ninth of the year. Officers were called around 9:35 Monday morning to the intersection of E. Douglas Blvd. and E. Front Street. Accident investigators determined that Claudia Sanders Miller, 92, of Tyler failed to yield the right-of-way turning left onto E. Front from Douglas Blvd. Miller was struck in the driver’s side of her vehicle by a pickup traveling eastbound on E. Front Street driven by William Logan, 78, of Arp. Miller was transported to East Texas Medical Center by EMS and died from her injuries. Logan was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Police encourage drivers to “Be Aware, Look Twice, Slow Down and Don’t Text and Drive.”