TYLER – At 3:42 yesterday afternoon, Troopers responded to a fatal crash on Toll-49, approximately 1.5 miles west of the city of Lindale in Smith County. The investigators preliminary report indicates that the driver of a 2004 Toyota Highlander was traveling northbound on Toll-49 when the vehicle struck a guardrail and rolled down a concrete embankment.
The driver of the vehicle was identified as Christi Kay Gross, 60, of Lindale. Gross was transported to UT-Health East Texas – Tyler where she later died.
The crash remains under investigation.