Two Seriously Injured in Tyler Wreck
Posted/updated on: April 23, 2011 at 8:09 am
TYLER – Seven persons have been injured, two critically, in a two vehicle accident in Tyler. It happened around 9:00 last night at the intersection of West Gentry Parkway and North Bois D’Arc.
Investigators say a car was east bound on Gentry and attempted to turn north onto Bois D’Arc. The car turned into the path of a pickup, with the truck hitting the passenger side of the car. Two teenage passengers in the car received possible life threatening injuries. The girls were taken to East Texas Medical Center and then flown to Dallas Children’s Hospital. Four person in the pickup received minor injuries.
The man who was driving the car received minor injuries and was taken to ETMC for treatment. Investigators believe the car’s driver may have been drinking. After being treated at the hospital he will be booked into the Smith County Jail on two counts of intoxication assault.
