Crash Kills Kilgore Teen
Posted/updated on: March 30, 2011 at 2:23 am
LONGVIEW – A 19-year-old Kilgore man was killed when his vehicle crashed into a business Sunday morning. According to Department of Public Safety officials, Mason Rawls was traveling southbound on FM 2011, five miles south of Longview when his 2004 Dodge pickup left the roadway and ran into Amanda’s Jewelry store in the 10,000 block of FM 2011. The teen wasn’t found until following morning, but officials estimated his time of death around 2:40 a.m. Elderville-Lakeport Volunteer Fire Department called Longview Fire Department’s special operations team to assist in stabilizing and securing the store, which was “severely damaged,” Fire Chief J.P. Steelman said. DPS officials said Rawls, a Kilgore College student, was not wearing a seatbelt when the crash occurred.
