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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY – Van Zandt County Fatal

Number of Vehicles in Crash: 2             Number of Injured: 4                    Number killed: 1

 

Date & Time: 09/25/2022 7:35 A.M.

 

County: Van Zandt

 

Location: State Highway 243, 4 miles west of Canton, Texas

 

Posted Speed Limit: 70 mph

 

Vehicle 1: 2002 Lexus ES-300

 

Vehicle 2: 2019 Ford F150

 

 

Driver 1

Alexis F. Brey, female, 17 YOA of Canton, Texas

Seatbelt: Yes

Incapacitating injuries, transported to Christus Mother Frances Hospital Tyler, Texas

 

Passenger: Deceased

Wyatt Brey, male, 9 YOA of Canton, Texas

Seatbelt: No

Pronounced By: Dr. Stephanie Chia-Mei-Itsu, Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, on 09/28/2022

 

Driver 2:

William C. Brantley, male, 31 YOA of Canton, Texas.

Seatbelt: Yes

Non-incapacitating injuries, transported to Christus Mother Frances Hospital Canton, Texas

 

Passenger:

Remington Brantley, male, 1 YOA of Canton, Texas

Seatbelt: Yes

Non-incapacitating injuries, transported to Christus Mother Frances Hospital Canton, Texas

 

Passenger:

Carolina Brantley, female, 8 YOA of Canton, Texas

Seatbelt: Yes

Non-incapacitating injuries, transported to Christus Mother Frances Hospital Canton, Texas

 

 

Description:

Preliminary investigation indicates that vehicle 1 was traveling east on State Highway 243. Vehicle 2 was traveling east on State Highway 243 in front of vehicle 1. Vehicle 2 was slowing down for traffic ahead and vehicle 1 collided into vehicle 2 from the rear.

 

 

Weather Condition: Clear

 

Road Conditions: Dry

 

Investigated By: Trooper James Cosper, DPS Canton

                                                                                         

A preliminary crash report will be available for purchase online in 10 days. Link: https://cris.dot.state.tx.us/public/Purchase/crashReportSearch.htm

 

 

Sergeant Adam Albritton

Texas Department of Public Safety

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