LINDALE, Texas — A Tyler man is dead following a Friday evening crash.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, around 7:50 p.m., troopers responded to a crash on Interstate 20, just west of Lindale.
The investigator's preliminary report indicates the driver of a van, identified as James Carney Pillow, 71, was traveling eastbound in the inside lane of I-20 when the vehicle crashed into the concrete barrier, crossed both eastbound lanes, left the road and hit a tree.
Pillow was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to a Lindale funeral home.
The crash remains under investigation at this time.
