Kevin Turner Fatal Big Rig Crash on NE Loop 323 at Duncan Street in Tyler
Kevin Turner ID’d as Driver Killed in Tyler Two-Vehicle Crash on NE Loop 323 at Duncan Street.
Kevin Turner Fatal Big Rig Crash on NE Loop 323 at Duncan Street in Tyler
Tyler, Texas (August 30, 2018) – The driver who was killed Wednesday morning in a traffic collision in Tyler has been identified as Kevin Christopher Turner, 27, of Gladewater, according to the DPS.
The collision took place at about 5:20 a.m. August 29, on NE Loop 323 at Duncan Street.
DPS said the driver of a 2009 Peterbilt truck-tractor pulling a semi-trailer had exited a private drive on the west side of the road and was trying to turn northbound on the loop. The driver was not able to complete the turn due to traffic and stopped in the center crossover median. The semi-trailer was in the southbound lanes of traffic.
Reportedly, Turner was driving a 2012 Chevrolet van southbound on Loop-323 and hit the semi-trailer.
Turner was rushed to UT Health-Tyler where he later succumbed to his injuries.
The big rig driver was not injured in the crash.
The crash blocked the southbound lanes of NE Loop 323. All lanes were reopened at about 10:08 a.m.
The crash remains under investigation.
