Trial Reset in Connection With a Fatal Smith County Crash

TYLER – The trial of Jessica Lauren Vass, who is charged with killing two persons in a traffic accident a year ago, has been rescheduled. In an appearance in state district court in Tyler Monday, the Lindale woman’s trial was rescheduled for May 21. She was indicted last September on two counts of intoxication manslaughter. The wreck Killed Gary McCrary, 62, of Flint and Annette Burkhart, 56, of Garland. McCrary was assisting Burkhart in changing a flat tire on her car when the Vass vehicle hit the back of his pickup, which then hit the Burkhart car. Her car then hit the couple as they stood on the shoulder of Loop 49 just north of Highway 64.