Johnny Shrewsbury ID’d as Driver Killed in Upshur County Two-Vehicle Crash on US Highway 271
Upshur County, Texas (October 11, 2018) – The driver who was killed Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on a highway in Upshur County has been identified as Johnny Allen Shrewsbury, 76, of Gilmer, according to a local news source.
The crash was reported at about 3:26 p.m. October 9, on US-Highway 271, north of Gilmer city.
According to a preliminary report, Shrewsbury was driving a 1992 Chevrolet van southbound on the highway when for an unknown reason he crossed over the double yellow line into oncoming traffic and was hit by a northbound 2007 Freightliner truck-tractor which was towing a trailer.
Shrewsbury was declared dead at the scene.
The big rig driver, Thomas Andrew Smith, 44, of Stella, Missouri, was uninjured in the crash.
An investigation is underway.