A 16-year-old girl from Orange died after being ejected from a car in a head-on collision in Tyler County Wednesday afternoon.
DPS Sergeant Stephanie Davis said at approximately 2:45p.m., the Texas Department Troopers responded to a head-on collision on FM 1013 in Tyler County. The crash occurred five (5) miles East of Spurger.
Preliminary reports indicate that a 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix was traveling eastbound on FM 1013. A 2015 Ford Mustang was traveling westbound on FM 1013. For an unknown reason, the driver of the Pontiac crossed the center dividing line and collided head-on with the Ford Mustang.
Marissa Gilchriest of Orange was a rear passenger in the Pontiac. She was transported to the Tyler County hospital with serious injuries. She did not survive her injuries and was pronounced deceased, at 4:29p.m., by Justice of the Peace Trisher Ford. The teenager was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle.
The driver of the Pontiac, 25-year-old Carley Buckley from Fred, and her front passenger, a 16-year-old female also from Fred, were both transported by ambulance to St. Elizabeth hospital with serious injuries
The driver of the Ford, 22-year-old Karli Mears from Porter, Texas, was also transported to St. Elizabeth hospital with serious injuries
At the time of the crash, the roadway was wet from a previous rainfall.
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