Tyler Fire Captain, Wife Die in Arkansas Crash
Posted/updated on: October 2, 2017 at 7:17 pm
TYLER — A Tyler Fire Department captain and his wife have died after an Arkansas accident. According to KETK, fire department spokesman Paul Findley names the victims as Marty and Jean Lawrence. The preliminary crash report says the two were heading east on Interstate 30 around 12:15 Saturday morning in Clark County when an 18-wheeler also heading east, swerved and hit their car. Both vehicles left the road and came to rest in the tree line. The driver of the 18-wheeler, Raad E. Hamdeh Abu of Illinois, was injured. According to Stewart Family Funeral Home, funeral services for the couple will be Thursday morning at 11:00 in the worship center of Tyler’s Green Acres Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Flint Cemetery.
