Tyler Crossing Guard Struck by Vehicle

TYLER — A school crossing guard is hospitalized after he’s hit by a car Thursday morning. The accident happened around 7:15 at the intersection of Roanoke Lane and ESE Loop 323, near Clarkston Elementary School. The driver, identified as Trupti Madane, 26, Tyler, told officers that she didn’t see him in the roadway as she turned onto the Loop from Fairfax Street. Clayton Meshell, 73, Tyler, was transported to ETMC by ambulance with non-life threatening injuries. Madane was issued a citation for failure to obey a crossing guard.