Two fatal accidents near Arp within 48 hours

TYLER — The Texas Department of Public Safety said Troopers responded to a two vehicle fatal crash Monday on HWY 64. The wreck happened at 3 p.m., three miles west of Arp. Preliminary reports indicate a vehicle had stopped in the eastbound lane of the highway when a motorcycle struck it from behind. The driver of the bike, 21 year old Henderson resident Payton Vance St. Clair was killed at the scene. The driver of the vehicle, Erich Wilson, of Arp, was not injured. This was the second fatal accident within 48 hours in the same area of HWY 64. On Saturday, Tony Calvin Henson, 56, of Troup, also died at the scene after being struck by a truck towing a trailer.