TYLER, Texas — A man is dead after driving off the roadway near Tyler Saturday morning.
The Texas Department of Public Safety identified 24-year-old Austin W. Winters, of Ben Wheeler, as the man that died in a single vehicle crash on County Road 413, just 2.6 miles northwest of Tyler.
According to investigators, Winters was driving in a 2002 GMC Envoy south of County Road 413 when he drove off the roadway. As his vehicle drove off the roadway, he hit a culvert and a metal pole fence.
Winters was pronounced dead at the scene, DPS said.