ANDERSON COUNTY/CHEROKEE COUNTY (KYTX) - A famous Christian author and pastor has been killed in a traffic wreck in East Texas.
79-year-old David Wilkerson, author of "The Cross and the Switchblade" is dead and his wife and another person are injured in an accident involving a car and a big rig.
It happened this afternoon on Highway 175 at the Neches River bridge.
The 18-wheeler went off the bridge into the riverbed below.
The surviving passenger in the car, Mrs. Gwen Wilkerson, was taken to ETMC Tyler and is listed in critical condition.
The driver of the 18-wheeler was taken to ETMC Jacksonville.
The bridge was damaged in the accident.
