Two Dead in Smith County Accident
Posted/updated on: November 15, 2013 at 2:29 amTYLER — Two are dead after a two vehicle accident in Smith County. Dead at the scene was a motorcyclist, Darryl Keith Towne, 51, of Whitehouse and Payton Nicole Herrington, 22, of Lindale, who later died at a Tyler hospital. The accident happened just after 3:00 Wednesday morning on Farm Road 14 near Hoyte Road, just north of Tyler. The Department of Public Safety reports Herrington was south bound on Highway 14 and was attempting to pass a vehicle in a no passing zone when she hit the north bound motorcycle. Herrington was not wearing her seat belt.