Women Identified In Fatal Tyler Crash

TYLER — A second person has died following a Sunday night crash in Tyler. The wreck happened around 8:00 Sunday night at the intersection of West Erwin and Lyons Streets. Geneva Davis Townsend, 89, Tyler, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger in her vehicle, Jane Onys Bohanon, 81, of Tyler, died shortly after 2:45 Monday morning in East Texas Medical Center from injuries she sustained in the crash.

Accident Investigators determined Joe Preston Rogers, 61, Tyler, was traveling west on Erwin when he struck Townsend�s vehicle head on in the intersection of Erwin and Lyons. Rogers was treated at East Texas Medical Center and later transported to the Smith County Jail. He has been charged with intoxication manslaughter.