Two Dead in Smith County Wreck Identified
Posted/updated on: February 19, 2014 at 2:13 pmSMITH COUNTY — Two people killed in a fiery two-vehicle Smith County wreck have been identified. DPS tells KETK Bobby Lee Phillips III, 27, of Gladewater, and David Marshall Southerland, 63, of Tyler, were killed at the scene of the wreck which happened around 6:00 p.m. Monday on Highway 271 just north of Farm to Market Road 16. Phillips was driving a truck northbound on Hwy. 271 when he merged over into the southbound lane, hitting Southerland’s car head-on.