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Three Die in Smith County Wreck

Posted/updated on: August 10, 2015 at 12:30 pm
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DPS-carCHAPEL HILL — An accident east of Tyler has left three persons dead and one injured. The two vehicle accident was reported on State Highway 31 near County Road 279 shortly after 1:00 Saturday afternoon. The dead have been identified as Matthew Keith Jones, 36, of Tyler and Kent Jones, 8, of Tyler. Also killed was the driver of the other vehicle, Ellisa Phippen, 53, of Gilmer. Her daughter, Carlee Nicole Phippen, 23, of Tyler, is in stable condition at Tyler’s Mother Francis Hospital. Investigators say Jone’s car west bound when the driver lost control of the vehicle. It left the road and them came back and crossed the road, hitting Pippen’s east bound truck.



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