Sandy Reed and Kesha Ivey Killed, Four Injured in Van Zandt County Car Crash on State Highway 19

Van Zandt County, Texas (October 7, 2019) – Two people were killed, and four others were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Friday in Van Zandt County, a local news source reported.

The fatal crash happened on Friday, October 5, on State Highway 19, just north of Canton.

According to a preliminary investigation, a Chevrolet pickup was heading southbound on the highway when it crossed into the northbound lanes and sideswiped a Mitsubishi Endeavor. The impact caused the Mitsubishi to veer into the southbound lanes where it crashed into a ditch.

The pickup then crashed head-on into a Chevrolet Equinox, which was traveling behind the Mitsubishi.

The Equinox driver, Sandy Reed, 37, and passenger, Kesha Ivey, 46, both of Sulphur Springs, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Two other passengers in the Equinox, a 9-year-old and 14-year-old, were taken to Cook’s Children’s Hospital in Dallas in unknown conditions.

The pickup driver, William Ivie, of Trinidad, and the Mitsubishi driver, Michael Millier, 60, of Canton, were taken to a Tyler hospital in unknown conditions.

The crash remains under investigation.