Two Dead in Wreck near Lindale
Posted/updated on: August 16, 2016 at 2:55 pm
SMITH COUNTY — Two out-of-town residents are dead in a weekend wreck in northern Smith County. DPS Sgt. Jean Dark says around 6:42 Sunday morning, troopers responded to I-20, four miles west of Lindale. A preliminary crash investigation revealed that a 1999 Ford F-250 was traveling westbound when it ran off the roadway to the right, struck a guardrail, and overturned. The driver has been identified as Jakob William Rogers, 18, of Glenn Heights. The other occupant of the vehicle has been identified as Autumn McWhorter, 18, of Ovilla. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
