GREGG COUNTY, Texas (KEKT) – One person is dead and two are in serious condition after a head-on collision happened near Longview.
After 7:30 a.m. on Friday morning, troopers responded to a two-vehicle wreck on SH-300, 8.8 miles southeast of Longview.
Preliminary reports revealed that the driver of a Dodge Ram truck was traveling north on SH-300 when they veered into the oncoming lane hitting a Buick Enclave head-on.
The driver of the Dodge pickup was identified as Aaron Barbosa-Valerio, 23, of Gilmer.
As a result of the collision, the driver of the Buick Enclave was killed. The driver was identified as Cynthia Murry, 66, of Gilmer.
A passenger in the Buick, Rucker Murry, was transported to Longview Regional in serious condition.
Barbosa-Valerio was transported to Good Shepard Medical Center in Longview.
The crash remains under investigation.
