Shawn Michael Ezdernack Killed in Rusk County Two-Vehicle Crash on Highway 315

Rusk County, Texas (August 20, 2020) – A 27-year-old Louisiana man was killed in a head-on collision Tuesday afternoon in Rusk County, according to DPS.

The fatal crash happened around 1:30 p.m., August 18, on Highway 315.

DPS said Shawn Michael Ezdernack of Stonewall, Louisiana, was driving a 2016 Ford F-250 towing a trailer southwest on the highway when he veered into the northbound traffic and collided head-on with an 18-wheeler.

Ezdernack was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the 18-wheeler, 63-year-old William Dean Norman, from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was taken to CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler in serious condition.

The crash remains under investigation.

We pass our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Shawn Michael Ezdernack.

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