DPS Continues to Probe Vehicle/Pedestrian Fatal
Posted/updated on: January 23, 2018 at 3:17 amSMITH COUNTY — The Department of Public Safety is continuing to investigate an accident that took the life of a pedestrian Friday night — and officials have now identified the driver. Troopers responded around 7:15 to SH 31, about half a mile west Tyler. Preliminary investigation revealed that the driver, identified as Amanda Elaine Williams, 26, of Tyler, was traveling east in the inside lane when she struckShanita Lashanda Johnson, 36, of Tyler. Johnson (pictured) was trying to cross the roadway from the south side to the north. Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene. Williams was not injured.