DPS identifies driver from deadly single-vehicle Clay County wreck

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has identified the driver from the deadly single-vehicle wreck on Monday.

The diver was identified as Carol Jean Smith, a 59-year-old female from Burkburnett.

DPS’ crash report stated that Smith was traveling southbound on US 287 and failed to drive in a single lane from the right lane to the left lane. DPS said Smith overcorrected to the right and left the roadway into the barrow ditch.

The crash report said that smith was ejected from the vehicle after not wearing a seatbelt.

DPS Sgt. Gutierrez says that there were no other passengers in the car, which wrecked near Wynn Grey Road in Clay County around 3 p.m.