Stephon Johnson Killed, Autjuan Turner Injured in Jasper Two-Vehicle Crash on Highway 190

Jasper, Texas – Two people were killed and another was critically injured Saturday morning in a two-vehicle crash just east of Jasper, according to the Texas DPS.

The fatal crash happened just after 9:00 p.m., December 16, on Highway 190 near the entrance to the LP Corporation’s Oriented Strand Board Plant.

DPS said Autjuan Turner was driving a 2004 Cadillac passenger car eastbound and attempted to pass another vehicle in a no-passing zone. The Cadillac collided head-on with a westbound 2002 Nissan Sentra, driven by a Holly Springs woman.

A passenger in the Cadillac, Stephon Johnson, 30, of Burkeville, was trapped underneath the car and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Nissan driver was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont where she later died. Her name has not been released.

Turner was also transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont in critical condition.

The DPS is investigating the crash.

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