SMITH COUNTY, TX. (THECOUNT) — James Dean Murphy, of Lindale, Texas, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Thursday night motorcycle crash in Smith County.
Murphy, 61, was killed in a two-vehicle crash Thursday night near Lindale.
According to authorities, Andrew Wayne Slemp, 37 of Mineola, was operating a Jeep Grand Cherokee on State Highway 110 near Mack Thompson Rd, when he failed to yield the right of way to Murphy’s Harley Davidson around 9 p.m. Thursday.
Murphy was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Smith County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 209,714. Its county seat is Tyler. Smith County is named for James Smith, a general during the Texas Revolution – Wikipedia.
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