Smith County Wreck Victim Identified

FLINT — Authorities have identified the person killed in a two vehicle accident south of Tyler Monday. He’s Gary Gene Parrish, 47, of Balch Springs. Authorities say Parrish’s van slammed into the rear of a UPS truck on Highway 69 south. The Department of Public Safety says Parrish had to be cut from the wreckage and was not wearing a seat belt. He later died at a Tyler hospital.