Myra Jones ID’d as Driver Killed in Denton Crash on East University Drive (U.S. Highway 380) near Trinity Road

Denton, Texas (July 7, 2018) – The driver who was killed Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision in Denton has been as Myra Jones, 27,  of Denton, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The fatal crash was reported at around 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 5 in the 4000 block of East University Drive (U.S. Highway 380) near Trinity Road.
Police said Jones was operating a white Fusion eastbound on U.S. 380 when she crossed the center line and collided head-on with a westbound CoServ Electric work truck.
Jones and a girl passenger were pronounced dead at the scene.
A second child passenger was airlifted to children’s hospital. Her name and condition were not immediately disclosed. The work truck driver was transported to the local hospital with non-life threatening.
According to the police, firefighters along with paramedics responded to the scene.
All lanes on U.S. 380 eastbound and westbound were shut down until around 5:30 p.m. as authorities investigated the accident.