VAN ZANDT COUNTY, Texas — Two Canton drivers died Tuesday afternoon after a head-on collision on Highway 64 in Van Zandt County.
Ricky D. Daniel, 42, of Canton, was traveling westbound in a 2005 Pontiac G6 on State Highway 64, while Thelbert L. Thompson, 89, of Canton, was traveling eastbound in a 2020 Ford F-150 on the same highway, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Daniel drove into the oncoming lane and Thompson's vehicle head-on, DPS said. The crash happened around noon on Tuesday.
DPS said Daniel was pronounced dead at the scene and Thompson was pronounced dead at a Canton hospital.