Hallsville Mayor Pro Tem Dead in Marshall-Area Wreck

HARRISON COUNTY — Hallsville Mayor Pro Tem Jake Auther Walker died Monday night during a two-vehicle crash near Marshall. According to KETK, a preliminary DPS report says at 7:34 p.m., an 18-wheeler was headed south on US 59 when a truck traveling west on FM 2625 drove through a stop sign and crossed in front of the semi. The 18-wheeler hit the passenger side of the truck and both vehicles came to a stop in a ditch. The trailer on the semi then rolled on top of the truck. Walker, 68, the driver of the truck, was pronounced dead at the scene. Rodney Regan Smircich, 52, of Rogers, Arkansas, the driver of the semi, was not injured.