KILGORE, Texas — A 1-year-old boy is in critical condition at a Shreveport hospital after a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in Kilgore.
The Kilgore Police Department said two adults and two children were injured when a 2008 Chevrolet Equinox and a 2017 Ford F250 collided at the intersection of State Highway 135 and Peavine Road.
Austin Morris, 25, of Gladewater, was driving the Chevrolet Equinox eastbound on Peavine Road when he failed to yield the right-of-way while his vehicle entered the intersection of Peavine Road and State Highway 135, police said.
Morris' vehicle then collided with the 2017 Ford F250 that was driving northbound on State Highway 135, according to police.
Morris and the three other people in his vehicle, a woman, 3-year-old girl and 1-year-old boy, were injured and taken to local hospitals. The 1-year-old was then flown to Shreveport for treatment, police said.
The driver of the 2017 Ford F250, Antonia Sanchez, 58, of Gilmer, was not injured. This crash remains under investigation, KPD stated.