TYLER, Texas — One person is dead after being hit by a vehicle on Highway 31 West.
According to Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 Andy Dunklin, the crash occurred early Sunday morning around 2 a.m. just east of Greenbriar Rd.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) reports a vehicle driven by Marylan Douglas, 54, of Larue, was traveling west on HWY 31 W at the same time Cameron Overshown, 46, of Tyler, was escorting people across the roadway to a nearby parking lot from a private venue.
DPS reports Overshown was taken to a Tyler hospital where he later died. Douglas was treated at the scene and released.
The crash remains under investigation.
