Passenger Carlos Tello Parra, 33, dies, driver hurt after their vehicle departs County Road 384 and hits tree in Tyler, Texas
1 killed, 1 injured when car strikes tree
Passenger Carlos Tello Parra, 33, was killed and driver Guillermo Zuniga Jr., 23, suffered incapacitating injuries, when the 2015 GMC Sierra they were traveling in left County Road 384 and struck a tree, about four and a half miles north of Tyler.
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The wreck took place in Smith County on County Road 384 about 4.6 miles northeast of Tyler.
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