SMITH COUNTY, Texas — Officials have confirmed two women are dead and two others are injured following a wreck Friday morning on Highway 31 and FM 757 in Smith County.
The two deceased woman have been identified as Margaret Reavis, 59, of Texarkana, Arkansas and Letha Frost, 49 of Tyler. Both woman were pronounced dead on the scene by troopers.
In the same vehicle, a 3-year-old passenger was injured and transported to the Children's Hospital in Dallas.
The driver of vehicle two has been identified as Ryan Wilcoxson Jr, 26, of Tyler. He suffered non-life threatening injures and was transported to a local hospital.
The investigation indicated that vehicle one was traveling east on State Highway 31 in the right lane. Vehicle two was traveling east on State Highway 31 behind vehicle one in the left lane.
The driver of vehicle one made a unsafe U-turn in front of vehicle two causing for both cars to collide; stopping the westbound lanes of State Highway 31.
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