HARRISON COUNTY, Texas — One person is dead and another has been hospitalized following a crash in Harrison County.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), around 8:40 p.m. on Sunday, troopers responded to an accident on Interstate 20, near mile marker 603 in Harrison County.
The preliminary crash report indicates the driver of a car, identified as Douglas Whitson, 58, of Shreveport, was traveling westbound on I-20 when, for an unknown reason, the vehicle traveled off the roadway to the left, into the center median where it struck several trees.
Whitson was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger in the vehicle, identified as Danny Macon, 68, of Shreveport, was taken to a Longview hospital and is in serious condition.
The crash remains under investigation.
