2 children among 4 dead in East Texas wreck
JACKSONVILLE, TX
The Department of Public Safety on Monday identified the victims
as Kaleigh Hinton of Jacksonville, Ronjenne Williams of Tyler and
Williams' mother, 34-year-old Kashunda Rodgers of Jacksonville.
DPS says Rodgers on Sunday afternoon was driving a northbound
SUV on U.S. 79 near Jacksonville when the vehicle crossed over into
oncoming traffic.
Trooper Clint Stephens says the SUV hit a pickup carrying five
people, killing truck passenger 24-year-old Leigh Ann Montgomery of
Woodstock, Ala.
The pickup driver, 35-year-old Kelly Jones of Rusk, is
hospitalized in fair condition. DPS says his three children, ages
14, 7 and 2, were injured. Hospitals in Dallas on Monday declined
to release information on the youngsters.