Gregg County Fatality

LONGVIEW — A two vehicle accident in Gregg County has left one person dead. It happened around 3:00 Monday afternoon on U.S. Highway 259 at the east bound entrance ramp to Interstate Highway 20. Dead at the scene was Ashton Wayne Yates, 19, of Kilgore. His SUV was north bound on U.S. 259 when he hit the trailer of a south bound truck that was turning onto the east bound entrance ramp. The Dallas truck driver was not injured.