Quondaila Christine Bellard and Elyssa Arlene Bellard ID’d as Two Victims Killed in Smith County Crash on Interstate 20 near Winona

Smith County, Texas (July 31, 2019) – Authorities have identified the two people who were killed Sunday evening in a three-vehicle crash in Smith County.

Quondaila Christine Bellard, 40, of Nacogdoches, and  Elyssa Arlene Bellard, 18, of Nacogdoches, died in the accident that happened at around 7:10 p.m. Sunday, July 28 on Interstate 20, approximately seven miles east of Winona.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Ross Tyler Campbell, 21, of Olla, Louisiana, was driving a 2014 Ford F-150 eastbound on Interstate 20 when he failed to notice traffic slowing ahead and collided with a 2019 Chevrolet TRAX operated by Dale John Bellard Jr., 44, of Nacogdoches, who was traveling with family.

The Chevrolet then hit a 2013 Audi 6PL driven by Donald Edward Tiller, 51, of Fort Worth.

Quondaila Bellard, who was a passenger in the Chevrolet, was pronounced dead at the scene. A second passenger in the Chevrolet, Elyssa Bellard, was transported to a hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries.

Bellard Jr. was also taken to a hospital in unknown condition. Cambell and Tiller were uninjured in the crash.

According to reports, Elyssa Bellard was a 2019 graduate of Nacogdoches High School.

The DPS is investigating the accident.