TYLER, Texas — A 16-year-old boy has died after hitting a tree on Friday, the Department of Public Safety has reported.
The crash took place on SH-155, approximately eight miles south of the city of Tyler in Smith County, at 12:40 a.m.
Preliminary reports indicate that the boy was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado and was traveling north on SH-155 when for an unknown reason, the driver traveled across the southbound lanes and off the roadway to the west.
The vehicle traveled down an embankment and struck a tree.
The driver was pronounced at the scene by Judge Andy Dunklin.
